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PRC019-045-047-105-232045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

206 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

     COROZAL

     COMERIO

     BARRANQUITAS

     NARANJITO



* UNTIL 445 PM AST



* AT 159 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 BETWEEN 2 TO 4 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. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN

JUAN.



LAT...LON 1825 6627 1828 6629 1828 6621 1825 6618

      1822 6618 1822 6627



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