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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

736 PM AST TUE SEP 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     MOCA

     AGUADILLA

     AGUADA



* UNTIL 1130 PM AST



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

RIO CULEBRINAS



* AT 730 PM AST...A RIVER LEVEL SENSOR AT MARGARITA DAM INDICATED 

THAT THE WATER LEVELS WERE JUST REACHING ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND STILL 

INCREASING FROM HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL NOT BE ANYMORE 

RAIN THIS EVENING....BUT RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE ALONG 

THE RIO CULEBRINAS AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. A SPOTTER CALLED TO REPORT 

THAT THERE MAY BE PROBLEMS WITH WATER FROM THE RIO CULEBRINAS 

WASHING OVER ROADS 418 AND 115.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 1834 6705 1837 6724 1840 6716 1838 6708



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