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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

540 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

     CIALES

     JAYUYA

     ADJUNTAS

     OROCOVIS

     UTUADO

     VILLALBA

     JUANA DIAZ

     PONCE



* UNTIL 800 PM AST



* AT 540 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  JUANA DIAZ...JAYUYA...INTERIOR SECTIONS OF PONCE...GUAYABAL AND    

  ADJUNTAS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 

INLAND FROM THE OFFSHORE CARIBBEAN WATERS.



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 1820 6651 1803 6642 1805 6662 1813 6678

      1821 6672 1831 6660 1822 6655



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