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WGCA52 TJSJ 182359

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PRC129-190400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

757 PM AST WED OCT 18 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING...

  FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO

     SAN LORENZO



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT AST



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

RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA



* AT 748 PM AST...A RIVER LEVEL SENSOR INDICATED THAT THE WATER   

LEVELS WERE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND STILL INCREASING FROM A LINE OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 1818 6594 1814 6594 1814 6598 1818 6598



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