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PRC027-065-081-292145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

253 PM AST MON MAY 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     LARES

     CAMUY

     HATILLO



* UNTIL 545 PM AST



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

THE WARNING AREA.



* AT 248 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUING TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES AND 

U.S.G.S. RAIN GAUGES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

ALREADY FALLEN AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. ALSO...U.S.G.S. RIVER 

GAUGES INDICATE THAT RIO CAMUY AT CAMUY WAS ALREADY SLIGHTLY ABOVE 

FLOOD STAGE AND RIO GUAJATACA AT LARES WAS JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE 

AND RISING QUICKLY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS 

EXPECTED THROUGH 545 PM AND THIS WILL RESULT IN NEW FLASH FLOODING 

AND FURTHER AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOOD PROBLEMS. 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. 

IF YOU ARE SWIMMING IN ANY LOCAL STREAMS OR RIVERS...LEAVE THEM NOW 

AND 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 1849 6681 1824 6685 1826 6688 1849 6689



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