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WGCA52 TJSJ 312353

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PRC017-010145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

752 PM AST SUN JUL 31 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO

     BARCELONETA



* UNTIL 945 PM AST



*FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE FOLLOWING RIVER(S)...



* AT 752 PM AST...A RIVER LEVEL SENSOR INDICATED THAT THE WATER   

LEVELS WERE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ON THE RIO GRANDE DE MANATI AND STILL 

INCREASING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED UPSTREAM. EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT THE RIO GRANDE DE MANATI HAS FLOODED 

CACHETE ON OR NEAR HIGHWAY 666 UPSTREAM. THESE FLOOD WATERS WILL 

ARRIVE IN BARCELONETA IN A VERY SHORT TIME.



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 1846 6654 1841 6654 1841 6654



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