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WGCA52 TJSJ 061844

FFWSJU

PRC007-025-063-062030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

241 PM AST THU APR 6 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CAGUAS

     AGUAS BUENAS

     GURABO



* UNTIL 430 PM AST



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



* A RIVER GAGE ON RIO CANA REPORTED WATERS RAPIDLY RISING TO FLOOD 

STAGE IN CAGUAS.



* AT 239 PM AST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA...AND SPECIFICALLY 

IN AGUAS BUENAS AND SUMIDERO WHERE A NUMBER OF HOMES STREETS AND 

BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN FLOODED...INCLUDING THE CALLE PRINCIPAL OF 

AGUAS BUENAS AND CALLE 56 IN SUMIDERO.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



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 1828 6602 1828 6607 1828 6607



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