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WGCA52 TJSJ 252127

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PRC065-141-252330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

525 PM AST SUN SEP 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     UTUADO

     HATILLO



* UNTIL 730 PM AST



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

...RIO TANAMA NEAR UTUADO



* AT 517 PM AST...A RIVER LEVEL SENSOR ALONG THE RIO TANAMA 

INDICATED THAT THE WATER LEVELS WERE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND STILL 

INCREASING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THIS AREA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...THE RIVER WILL REMAIN OUT OF ITS 

BANKS AND MAY CONTINUE TO RISE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE 

IT DECREASES BY LATER THIS EVENING. THIS WILL EFFECT THE RIO TANAMA 

AND ALL OF ITS TRIBUTARIES.



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 1829 6681 1826 6677 1846 6678 1842 6680



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