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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

206 PM AST TUE MAY 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     ISABELA

     QUEBRADILLAS

     SAN SEBASTIAN

     UTUADO

     LARES

     CAMUY

     HATILLO



* UNTIL 500 PM AST



* AT 156 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...MOVING OVER 

PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. SO FAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE 

BEEN BETWEEN ONE TO FOUR INCHES.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...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 1848 6682 1826 6674 1836 6699 1847 6695



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