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WGCA52 TJSJ 090753

FFWSJU

PRC039-073-107-141-149-091100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

349 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

     CIALES

     JAYUYA

     OROCOVIS

     UTUADO

     VILLALBA



* UNTIL 7:00 AM AST



* AT 3:45 AM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING  

  NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CORDILLERA AND INTO CENTRAL INTERIOR          

  SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE DOPPLER   

  RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES PER         

  HOUR ACROSS VILLALBA.



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...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 1821 6669 1809 6643 1832 6648 1830 6666



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