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WGCA52 TJSJ 251901

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PRC013-252100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

301 PM AST SAT JUN 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO



     ARECIBO



* UNTIL 500 PM AST



* AT 256 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 

TO INDICATE INTENSE...NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAIN COVERING THE MUNICIPALITY OF ARECIBO. RADAR ESTIMATES AND 

A SPOTTER REPORT INDICATE THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OR RAIN HAVE ALREADY 

FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. IN 

ADDITION...THE SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED LOW LYING AREAS OF ROAD 2 AND 

ROAD 638 FLOODED IN THE SANTANA SECTOR AND IMPASSABLE. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AND THIS WILL RESULT 

IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS AND WILL 

FURTHER AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOOD PROBLEMS. ALSO...MUDSLIDES ARE 

PROBABLE 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 RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. RAPID RISES IN 

RIVER LEVELS ARE LIKELY.



LAT...LON 1850 6661 1834 6660 1836 6675 1851 6675



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