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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

407 PM AST SUN JUN 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY



  IN PUERTO RICO

     SAN JUAN



* UNTIL 600 PM AST



* AT 401 PM AST...THE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA. THE U.S.G.S RIVER SENSOR IN RIO PIEDRAS ALSO INDICATED 

THAT THE WATERS WERE RAPIDLY RISING TO FLOOD STAGE. LOCAL RESIDENTS 

ALSO REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS 

IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RANGED FROM AN INCH TO THREE INCHES IN AN 

HOUR. AREAS WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WERE IN AND AROUND BARRIO 

MONACILLO...FRAILES...Y LAS CURIAS.



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.



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 1836 6607 1838 6607 1838 6604 1833 6604



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