

000 

WGCA52 TJSJ 250248

FFWSJU

PRC017-091-143-145-250545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1042 PM AST TUE APR 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  IN PUERTO RICO

     VEGA ALTA

     BARCELONETA

     MANATI

     VEGA BAJA



* UNTIL 145 AM AST



* AT 1035 PM AST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT CONTINUED 

FLASH FLOODING FROM ONGOING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



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

  NORTE...MONSERRATE...LA LUISA...IMBERY...BRENAS...BARCELONETA      

  AND VEGA BAJA. IN ADDITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF LA GRANJA AND   

  TORTUGUERO STILL UNDER WATER. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL ALSO   

  REPORT THAT HIGHWAY 681 IN BARCELONETA IS FLOODED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS

AND LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. FURTHERMORE THE RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED 

TO END BEFORE 1 AM WEDNESDAY.



FLOOD WATERS ARE ALSO RISING IN RIO CIBUCO IN VEGA BAJA AND VEGA 

ALTA AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT RIO CIBUCO WILL GO INTO FLOOD BEFORE 1 

AM AST WEDNESDAY.



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.



LAT...LON 1846 6632 1840 6632 1839 6658 1843 6658

      1848 6655



$$



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000 

WGCA52 TJSJ 250248

FFWSJU

PRC017-091-143-145-250545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1042 PM AST TUE APR 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  IN PUERTO RICO

     VEGA ALTA

     BARCELONETA

     MANATI

     VEGA BAJA



* UNTIL 145 AM AST



* AT 1035 PM AST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT CONTINUED 

FLASH FLOODING FROM ONGOING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



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

  NORTE...MONSERRATE...LA LUISA...IMBERY...BRENAS...BARCELONETA      

  AND VEGA BAJA. IN ADDITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF LA GRANJA AND   

  TORTUGUERO STILL UNDER WATER. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL ALSO   

  REPORT THAT HIGHWAY 681 IN BARCELONETA IS FLOODED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS

AND LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. FURTHERMORE THE RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED 

TO END BEFORE 1 AM WEDNESDAY.



FLOOD WATERS ARE ALSO RISING IN RIO CIBUCO IN VEGA BAJA AND VEGA 

ALTA AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT RIO CIBUCO WILL GO INTO FLOOD BEFORE 1 

AM AST WEDNESDAY.



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.



LAT...LON 1846 6632 1840 6632 1839 6658 1843 6658

      1848 6655



$$



SNELL

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