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WGCA52 TJSJ 261756

FFWSJU

PRC023-067-097-125-262145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

149 PM AST SUN AUG 26 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



  IN PUERTO RICO

     HORMIGUEROS

     SAN GERMAN

     CABO ROJO

     MAYAGUEZ



* UNTIL 545 PM AST



* AT 141 PM AST...A U.S.G.S. RIVER GAGE ALONG THE RIO ROSARIO NEAR 

HORMIGUEROS INDICATED THE RIVER WAS RAPIDLY APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE. 

WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THIS REGION TODAY...THE 

RIO ROSARIO IS EXPECTED TO CREST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITHIN THE NEXT 

HOUR. ADDITIONALLY...AS THIS WATER WORKS ITS WAY DOWNSTREAM...THE 

RIO GUANAJIBO IS EXPECTED TO CREST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE IN THE NEXT TWO 

HOURS. FOR THIS REASON...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 

RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ALONG THE RIOS ROSARIO AND GUANAJIBO AND 

THEIR TRIBUTARIES UNTIL 545 PM AST.



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 1818 6704 1809 6711 1803 6721 1817 6720

      1813 6711 1818 6708



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