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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

708 PM AST SUN SEP 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

  IN PUERTO RICO

     UTUADO



* UNTIL 900 PM AST



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



* AT 708 PM AST...A RIVER LEVEL SENSOR INDICATED THAT THE WATER   

LEVELS WERE VERY NEAR FLOOD STAGE AND STILL INCREASING FROM A PRIOR 

THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UTUADO.



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE RIO TANAMA IN WESTERN UTUADO THE 

FLOOD CREST IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THE 

MUNICIPALITY BY ABOUT 7 30 PM.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 1832 6682 1832 6666 1822 6669 1823 6683



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