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WGCA52 TJSJ 232234

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PRC015-025-029-031-035-041-057-063-069-077-085-095-103-109-119-123-

129-139-151-240130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

630 PM AST SUN OCT 23 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED AND EXPANDED 

IN TIME AND AREA.



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CANOVANAS

     CAROLINA

     CAGUAS

     CIDRA

     CAYEY

     ARROYO

     JUNCOS

     GURABO

     PATILLAS

     MAUNABO

     NAGUABO

     SAN LORENZO

     YABUCOA

     TRUJILLO ALTO

     LAS PIEDRAS

     GUAYAMA

     HUMACAO

     SALINAS

     RIO GRANDE



* UNTIL 930 PM AST



*FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE FOLLOWING RIVER(S)...



* AT 627 PM AST...A RIVER LEVEL SENSOR INDICATED THAT SOME OF THE 

WATER LEVELS WERE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND STILL INCREASING FROM  

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS AND TOWARDS 

THESE WARNED AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAN

  LORENZO...JUNCOS...CELADA...GURABO...CAMPO RICO...CAGUAS AND   

BAIROA...AS WELL AS SALINAS AND GUAYAMA IN THE SOUTH.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 1792 6626 1801 6631 1833 6600 1833 6588

      1825 6582 1820 6582 1815 6577 1807 6577

      1796 6593



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