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WGCA52 TJSJ 081129

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PRC151-081330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

729 AM AST WED AUG 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY



  IN PUERTO RICO

     YABUCOA



* UNTIL 930 AM AST



* AT 724 AM AST...U.S.G.S. RIVER GAGES INDICATED THAT RIO GUAYANES 

AT YABUCOA WAS NEAR CREST...BUT LEVELS WERE STILL ABOUT 3 FEET ABOVE 

FLOOD STAGE. IN ADDITION...SATELLITE DATA INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND 

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL AFFECTING THIS AREA AND ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING AND MAY RESULT 

IN NEW FLASH FLOODING. 



THIS REMAINS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU LIVE IN OR ARE 

TRAVELING THROUGH THIS MUNICIPALITY THIS MORNING...USE EXTRA CAUTION 

AND STAY AWAY FROM THIS RIVER UNTIL FLOOD WATERS RECEDE.



REMEMBER...YOU SHOULD NEVER 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 1810 6586 1801 6580 1804 6591 1810 6592



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