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WGCA52 TJSJ 311944

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PRC013-054-141-312245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

344 PM AST SUN JUL 31 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO



     FLORIDA

     UTUADO

     ARECIBO



* UNTIL 645 PM AST



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

  THE WARNING AREA.



* AT 340 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH 

TORRENTIAL RAIN AFFECTING THESE MUNICIPALITIES. U.S.G.S. RIVER 

GAUGES INDICATED THAT RIO YUNES AND RIO LIMON WERE ALREADY FLOODED 

AS WATER SURGES CONTINUE MOVING DOWNSTREAM ALONG THESE RIVERS. 

ALSO...CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED THAT SECTIONS OF BARRIO MAMEYES WERE 

FLOODED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED 

THROUGH 645 PM AND THIS WILL RESULT IN NEW FLASH AND RIVER FLOODING 

WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. ALSO...MUDSLIDES AND LANDSLIDES WILL OCCUR 

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 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 1843 6670 1835 6654 1832 6659 1828 6661

      1831 6674



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