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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

334 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



     NORTHERN CAGUAS

     SAN JUAN

     TRUJILLO ALTO



* UNTIL 530 PM AST



* THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WITHIN 

THE WARNING AREA...AND PARTICULARLY RIO PIEDRAS AND RIO CANAS. 



* AT 329 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

SHOWERS AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST 

ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA AND IT 

CONTINUED TO RAIN. RIVER SENSORS ALONG THE RIO PIEDRAS AND RIO CANAS 

ALREADY INDICATE RAPID RISES ALONG THESE AND OTHER 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.



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 1841 6606 1834 6601 1830 6604 1826 6603

      1827 6606 1835 6608



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