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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

238 PM AST THU SEP 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CIALES

     MANATI

     FLORIDA

     BARCELONETA

     JAYUYA

     ADJUNTAS

     MOCA

     SAN SEBASTIAN

     UTUADO

     ANASCO

     LAS MARIAS

     LARES

     PENUELAS

     PONCE

     ARECIBO



* UNTIL 830 PM AST



* AT 235 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  SAN SEBASTIAN...MOCA...LARES...JAYUYA AND FLORIDA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ANY

ROADS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS

ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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. 

RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WEAKNESS IN HILLSIDES AS MUDSLIDES ARE 

A DEFINITE RISK. A MUDSLIDE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 111 

IN UTUADO.



SPOTTERS HAVE ALSO REPORTED THAT RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO IS ABOUT TO 

RISE OVER ITS BANKS IN UTUADO. ADDITIONALLY...THE RAINFALL MAY END 

IN SEVERAL HOURS BUT RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE. 



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN

JUAN.



LAT...LON 1817 6679 1825 6704 1838 6710 1828 6679

      1838 6652 1815 6654 1812 6657 1796 6657

      1796 6665



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