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PRC021-029-031-061-087-127-020130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

528 PM AST SAT APR 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO



     CANOVANAS

     CAROLINA

     SAN JUAN

     BAYAMON

     GUAYNABO

     LOIZA



* THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES    

  WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.



* UNTIL 930 PM AST



* AT 523 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 

TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY 

RAIN AFFECTING THESE MUNICIPALITIES. RADAR ESTIMATES AND U.S.G.S. 

GAUGES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN 

ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. LOCAL EMERGENCY 

MANAGERS REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS WERE FLOODED...WITH UP TO 

4 FEET OF WATER COVERING SOME ROADWAYS AND SEVERAL HOMES WERE 

FLOODED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 

930 PM AND THIS WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING AND RESULT 

IN NEW FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...

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. 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 6600 1839 6604 1833 6606 1831 6617

      1840 6616 1844 6607 1846 6610 1844 6592

      1829 6588 1827 6589



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