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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

936 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

     GUANICA

     CAGUAS

     COAMO

     CAYEY

     GUAYANILLA

     AIBONITO

     ARROYO

     JAYUYA

     ADJUNTAS

     PATILLAS

     MAUNABO

     OROCOVIS

     NAGUABO

     SABANA GRANDE

     SAN LORENZO

     YABUCOA

     YAUCO

     VILLALBA

     LAS PIEDRAS

     PENUELAS

     GUAYAMA

     HUMACAO

     JUANA DIAZ

     PONCE

     SALINAS

     SANTA ISABEL

     LAJAS



* UNTIL 130 PM AST



* AT 933 AM AST...THE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AS WELL AS LOCAL 

EMERGENCY MANAGERS ALONG PARTS OF SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO INDICATED 

AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INLAND FROM THE OFFSHORE CARIBBEAN 

WATERS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA AS THIS ACTIVITY MOVES NORTH NORTHEAST ACROSS THESE AND 

ADJACENT MUNICIPALITIES.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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. IN ADDITION...DUE TO EXTREMELY SATURATED 

SOILS...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY 

FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 1815 6598 1822 6572 1818 6569 1796 6591

      1794 6641 1798 6700 1819 6684 1812 6626



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