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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

758 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

     GUAYANILLA

     YAUCO

     PENUELAS



* UNTIL 11:00 PM AST



* AT 7:54 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND  

  THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS GUAYANILLA AND YAUCO SPREADING EASTWARD INTO  

  PENUELAS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING FROM THE 

  LOCAL CARIBBEAN NORTHWARD AND WILL ENTER PENUELAS BY 8:30 PM.      

  RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES HAVE OCCURRED        

  ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF THIS AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO  

  INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 10 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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE NUMEROUS 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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING

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



LAT...LON 1790 6684 1795 6670 1809 6670 1814 6692



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