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WGCA52 TJSJ 222121

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PRC007-025-063-085-095-129-151-222300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

508 PM AST SAT OCT 22 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CAGUAS

     AGUAS BUENAS

     GURABO

     MAUNABO

     SAN LORENZO

     YABUCOA

     LAS PIEDRAS



* UNTIL 700 PM AST



* AT 504 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ASHORE ACROSS 

THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF PUERTO RICO AND CONTINUING NORTHWESTWARD INTO 

THE EAST CENTRAL INTERIOR. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS LEFT ONE TO TWO INCHES 

OR RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. 

  

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.



LAT...LON 1828 6606 1805 6584 1797 6596 1811 6607

      1819 6621



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