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000 

WGCA52 TJSJ 191947

FFWSJU

PRC007-021-025-029-031-061-063-119-127-139-192145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

340 PM AST THU OCT 19 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING...

  FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CANOVANAS

     CAROLINA

     CAGUAS

     AGUAS BUENAS

     GURABO

     SAN JUAN

     TRUJILLO ALTO

     BAYAMON

     GUAYNABO

     RIO GRANDE



* UNTIL 545 PM AST



* AT 315 PM AST...A TRAINED WEATHER OBSERVER AS WELL A SATELLITE 

IMAGERY REPORTED AND INDICATED SHOWERS WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND 

VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OR MOVING QUICKLY TOWARDS THE WARNED AREA.



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

SECTIONS OF RIO GRANDE...CENTRAL GUAYNABO...EAST CENTRAL BAYAMON...  

TRUJILLO ALTO...SOUTH CENTRAL SAN JUAN...SOUTHEASTERN CAROLINA AND   

CENTRAL CANOVANAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...AS WELL AS LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS. MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS

WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A

FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 1839 6586 1830 6585 1819 6605 1828 6610

      1835 6618 1837 6598



$$

RAM

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000 

WGCA52 TJSJ 191947

FFWSJU

PRC007-021-025-029-031-061-063-119-127-139-192145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

340 PM AST THU OCT 19 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING...

  FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CANOVANAS

     CAROLINA

     CAGUAS

     AGUAS BUENAS

     GURABO

     SAN JUAN

     TRUJILLO ALTO

     BAYAMON

     GUAYNABO

     RIO GRANDE



* UNTIL 545 PM AST



* AT 315 PM AST...A TRAINED WEATHER OBSERVER AS WELL A SATELLITE 

IMAGERY REPORTED AND INDICATED SHOWERS WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND 

VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OR MOVING QUICKLY TOWARDS THE WARNED AREA.



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

SECTIONS OF RIO GRANDE...CENTRAL GUAYNABO...EAST CENTRAL BAYAMON...  

TRUJILLO ALTO...SOUTH CENTRAL SAN JUAN...SOUTHEASTERN CAROLINA AND   

CENTRAL CANOVANAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...AS WELL AS LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS. MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS

WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A

FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 1839 6586 1830 6585 1819 6605 1828 6610

      1835 6618 1837 6598



$$

RAM

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