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WGCA52 TJSJ 041948

FFWSJU

PRC037-053-103-042345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

347 PM AST SUN JUN 4 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     NAGUABO

     CEIBA

     FAJARDO



* UNTIL 745 PM AST



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

RIO FAJARDO AND ITS TRIBUTARIES



* AT 333 PM AST...A RIVER LEVEL SENSOR INDICATED THAT THE WATER   

LEVELS WERE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND STILL INCREASING FROM SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF RAINFALL 

HAS FALLEN OVER THE BORDER BETWEEN FAJARDO AND CEIBA AND CONTINUES 

OVER THIS AREA. THIS HAS PRODUCED EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND THE RIVER HAS 

RISEN OUT OF ITS BANKS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE RIO FAJARDO. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE 

RAIN HAS FALLEN ON THE BORDER BETWEEN NAGUABO AND CEIBA...ANYONE 

LIVING ALONG THE RIO FAJARDO CAN EXPECT SUDDEN RISES AND RUSHES OF 

WATER ALONG THE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.



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 1834 6562 1819 6567 1825 6577 1829 6574



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