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WGCA52 TJSJ 202005

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

405 PM AST FRI OCT 20 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING...

  FOR THE FOLLOWING ISLAND

  IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

     SAINT CROIX



* UNTIL 700 PM AST



* AT 352 PM AST...THE PUBLIC AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING 

OVER THE SION AREA OF SAINT CROIX. IN ADDITION...SATELLITE DATA 

INDICATED A NEW BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST TO 

THE SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF SAINT CROIX AND THESE SHOWERS AND 

STORMS WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS ALL OF THE ISLAND DURING THE 

NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS...PRODUCING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND NEW 

FLASH FLOODING OF ROADS...GUTS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. IN 

ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



THIS IS AN INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING 

SITUATION.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...GUTS AND ROADS...AS WELL AS LAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. DONT DROWN...TURN AROUND



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 1778 6444 1760 6478 1773 6505 1786 6488



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