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WGCA52 TJSJ 151741

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PRC031-033-061-127-152045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

138 PM AST TUE AUG 15 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING...

  FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CAROLINA

     SAN JUAN

     GUAYNABO

     CATANO



* UNTIL 445 PM AST



* AT 1:35 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY       

  RAINFALL OCCURRING IN THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SAN     

  JUAN METRO AREA HAD LEFT NEAR 2 AND ONE HALF RAIN ACCUMULATIONS   

  IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL OCCUR IN THE NEXT  

  FEW HOURS. LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE RELAYING REPORTS OF        

  FLOODED STREETS ACROSS GUAYNABO.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CENTRAL

  CATANO...NORTH CENTRAL GUAYNABO...EAST CENTRAL SAN JUAN AND

  NORTHWESTERN CAROLINA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 1840 6615 1836 6606 1839 6601 1845 6600

      1846 6616



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