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WGCA52 TJSJ 051803

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PRC053-089-119-052100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

159 PM AST WED APR 5 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     LUQUILLO

     FAJARDO

     RIO GRANDE



* UNTIL 500 PM AST



*FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE FOLLOWING RIVER(S)...RIO ESPIRITU SANTO



* AT 153 PM AST...A RIVER LEVEL SENSOR INDICATED THAT RIO ESPIRITU 

SANTO WATER LEVELS WERE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ARE STILL INCREASING FROM A

STREAM OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND AN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING 

IN THIS CASE WILL NOT BE LIMITED TO THE RIO ESPIRITU SANTO...RAIN IS 

OCCURRING IN THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF RIO GRANDE LUQUILLO AND 

FAJARDO AND FLOODING IS LIKELY IN ALL OF THESE MUNICIPALITIES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. THOSE 

HIKING ALONG THESE STREAMS SHOULD MOVE UP AND OUT OF CANYONS.



LAT...LON 1831 6569 1828 6572 1830 6579 1833 6584

      1835 6581



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