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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

148 PM AST MON MAY 23 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO



     LUQUILLO

     CEIBA

     FAJARDO

     RIO GRANDE

     NAGUABO



* UNTIL 445 PM AST



* AT 143 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

AFFECTING THESE AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES AND U.S.G.S. RAIN GAUGES 

INDICATE 2 TO 4.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS 

OF THE WARNING AREA AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. RIVER SENSORS ALREADY 

INDICATE RAPID RISES ALONG MOST RIVERS AND STREAMS AND WATER SURGES 

ARE LIKELY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH AND 

RIVER FLOODING WITHIN IN THE WARNED AREA. ALSO...MUDSLIDES ARE 

LIKELY OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 1837 6563 1825 6561 1824 6574 1829 6584

      1841 6582



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