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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

258 PM AST TUE AUG 16 2005



PRC001-162115-

ADJUNTAS-

300 PM AST TUE AUG 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM AST FOR THE FOLLOWING

MUNICIPALITY...



IN PUERTO RICO

     ADJUNTAS



AT 255 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



EARLIER A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR RIO GRANDE DE 

ARECIBO...NOW RIO PELLEJAS OVER THE WARNED AREA HAS REACHED ITS 

FLOOD STAGE.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE  

WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



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 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 1814 6671 1815 6666 1817 6667 1819 6671



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