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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

219 AM AST SUN OCT 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     COAMO

     GUAYANILLA

     PENUELAS

     GUAYAMA

     JUANA DIAZ

     PONCE

     SALINAS

     SANTA ISABEL



* UNTIL 5:30 AM AST



* AT 2:15 AM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LINES OF 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM THE CARIBBEAN WATERS NORTHWARD ACROSS 

SOUTH COASTAL MUNICIPALITIES...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES OF 4 TO 5 INCHES PER HOUR WITH THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THUS FAR HAS OCCURRED ACROSS 

PONCE...BUT SIMILAR VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL SHIFT INTO ADJACENT 

MUNICIPALITIES ALONG THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST COAST THROUGH 3 

AM...AND THEN PUSH NORTHWARD INTO THE MOUNTAINS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TALLABOA

  ALTA...SANTO DOMINGO...PENUELAS...LUIS LLORENS TORRES...LOS

  LLANOS...JUANA DIAZ...GUAYABAL AND COTO LAUREL.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 1790 6683 1788 6609 1801 6611 1811 6678



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