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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

537 PM AST THU MAY 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY



  IN PUERTO RICO

     LARES



* UNTIL 730 PM AST



* AT 532 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY 

RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...U.S.G.S. 

RIVER GAGES INDICATED THAT RIO GUAJATACA IN LARES WAS NEARLY 4 FEET 

ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND STILL RISING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS 

SITUATION IF YOU ARE IN THIS MUNICIPALITY...USE EXTRA CAUTION AND 

STAY AWAY FROM THIS RIVER UNTIL FLOOD WATERS RECEDE.



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.



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 1831 6685 1821 6685 1822 6690 1834 6690



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