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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

609 PM AST WED SEP 28 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     DORADO

     VEGA ALTA



* UNTIL 8:00 PM AST



* AT 6:00 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN 

HAD SPREAD FROM SURROUNDING AREAS...WEST NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS 

INTERIOR SECTIONS OF DORADO AND VEGA ALTA...WHERE THE RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAD FALLEN IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. 

LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE RESPONDING RAPIDLY WITH RISING WATER 

LEVELS. 



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



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 1844 6627 1839 6626 1837 6634 1842 6635



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