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PRC023-055-059-075-079-111-113-121-125-153-181700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

927 AM AST WED MAY 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     GUANICA

     GUAYANILLA

     SABANA GRANDE

     SAN GERMAN

     YAUCO

     PENUELAS

     JUANA DIAZ

     PONCE

     CABO ROJO

     LAJAS



* UNTIL 100 PM AST



* AT 925 AM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF 

STRONG SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ASHORE ACROSS THE 

SOUTHWEST COAST FROM PONCE TO CABO ROJO...AND WILL PRODUCE PERIODS 

OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL ACROSS THIS AREA 

EARLIER THIS MORNING HAS ALREADY LEFT TWO TO FOUR INCHES. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ANY 

ROADS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS 

ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 1805 6649 1800 6646 1793 6669 1793 6721

      1807 6715 1810 6705 1806 6679



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