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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

628 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



     VEGA ALTA

     VEGA BAJA



* UNTIL 930 PM AST



*FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE FOLLOWING RIVER...



     RIO CIBUCO



* AT 623 PM AST...A RIVER LEVEL SENSOR INDICATED THAT THE WATER   

LEVELS OF RIO CIBUCO WERE RISING STEADILY...BUT STILL BELOW FLOOD 

STAGE. HOWEVER...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT A 

PART OF RIO CIBUCO...NOT NEAR THIS RIVER SENSOR...WAS OUT OF ITS 

BANKS AND FLOODING LOW LYING SECTIONS OF ROADS 620...647 AND 

675...WHICH WERE IMPASSABLE. THIS FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AND 

OTHER AREAS ALONG THE RIVER WILL LIKELY BECOME FLOODED THROUGH 930 

PM. 



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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 1839 6642 1840 6633 1847 6633 1848 6641



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