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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

727 PM AST SUN SEP 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO

     ARECIBO



* UNTIL 930 PM AST



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

RIO TANAMA AT CHARCO HONDO IN ARECIBO



* AT 715 PM AST...A RIVER LEVEL SENSOR ALONG THE RIO TANAMA 

INDICATED THAT THE WATER LEVELS WERE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND STILL 

INCREASING FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER 

INCREASED ABOVE FLOOD STAGE IN UTUADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND HAS 

NOW INCREASED ABOVE FLOOD STAGE IN ARECIBO.



THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE RIO TANAMA AND ALL OF ITS TRIBUTARIES IN 

ARECIBO. THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE INCREASING AND WILL REMAIN OUT OF 

ITS BANKS IN SPOTS ALONG THE RIVER OVER THE NEXT HOUR BEFORE IT 

STARTS DECREASING LATER THIS EVENING.



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 1832 6679 1832 6660 1850 6660 1850 6679



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