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WGCA52 TJSJ 281852

FFWSJU

PRC081-282045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

250 PM AST TUE JUN 28 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO

     LARES



* UNTIL 445 PM AST



* AT 245 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS LARES.

ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE GREATER THAN THREE INCHES IN THE 

LAST FEW HOURS FOR LOCALIZED SPOTS WITHIN THE WARN AREA. RAINFALL IS 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT HOUR.  



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 RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. RAPID RISES IN

RIVER LEVELS ARE LIKELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING

WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 1835 6684 1826 6683 1824 6688 1835 6690



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