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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

229 PM AST FRI OCT 20 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING...

  FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CANOVANAS

     CAROLINA

     SAN JUAN

     TRUJILLO ALTO

     BAYAMON

     GUAYNABO

     CATANO

     LOIZA

     RIO GRANDE



* UNTIL 430 PM AST



* AT 215 PM AST...THE PUBLIC...LOCAL MEDIA...AND SATELLITE DATA 

INDICATED SHOWERS AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA. U.S.G.S. RIVER AND RAIN GAUGES 

INDICATED THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND AREA 

RIVERS CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY RISE TOWARDS FLOOD STAGE.



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

  RIO GRANDE...SOUTH CENTRAL LOIZA...CENTRAL CATANO...CENTRAL

  GUAYNABO...EAST CENTRAL BAYAMON...NORTHEASTERN TRUJILLO ALTO...

  EASTERN SAN JUAN...NORTHERN CAROLINA AND NORTH CENTRAL CANOVANAS.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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 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 1832 6618 1829 6586 1834 6577 1839 6577

      1844 6612



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