

000 

WGCA52 TJSJ 312049

FFWSJU

PRC013-141-312330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

449 PM AST FRI MAR 31 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO



     UTUADO

     ARECIBO



* UNTIL 730 PM AST



*FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE FOLLOWING RIVER...RIO LIMON



* AT 444 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUING TO AFFECT THESE 

AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES AND U.S.G.S. GAUGES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. A RIVER 

LEVEL SENSOR INDICATED THAT THE WATER LEVELS OF RIO LIMON WERE 

RISING RAPIDLY TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE AND THE RIVER WILL LIKELY GO OUT 

OF ITS BANKS WITHIN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. ALSO...MUDSLIDES ARE 

POSSIBLE OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 1846 6662 1828 6663 1828 6677 1846 6674



$$



SEELEY/LEVINE



000 

WGCA52 TJSJ 312049

FFWSJU

PRC013-141-312330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

449 PM AST FRI MAR 31 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO



     UTUADO

     ARECIBO



* UNTIL 730 PM AST



*FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE FOLLOWING RIVER...RIO LIMON



* AT 444 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUING TO AFFECT THESE 

AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES AND U.S.G.S. GAUGES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. A RIVER 

LEVEL SENSOR INDICATED THAT THE WATER LEVELS OF RIO LIMON WERE 

RISING RAPIDLY TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE AND THE RIVER WILL LIKELY GO OUT 

OF ITS BANKS WITHIN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. ALSO...MUDSLIDES ARE 

POSSIBLE OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 1846 6662 1828 6663 1828 6677 1846 6674



$$



SEELEY/LEVINE

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