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WGCA52 TJSJ 232136

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PRC023-055-067-079-121-125-240030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

534 PM AST SUN OCT 23 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     HORMIGUEROS

     GUANICA

     SABANA GRANDE

     SAN GERMAN

     CABO ROJO

     LAJAS



* UNTIL 8:30 PM AST



* AT 5:28 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS CONVERGING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE 

ISLAND...ARRIVING FROM THE WEST AND FROM THE SOUTH...PRODUCING LARGE 

AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES 

HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST HOUR...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES 

ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THIS AREA THROUGH 7 PM.



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 1796 6721 1794 6690 1813 6696 1814 6718



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