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WGCA52 TJSJ 262219

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

615 PM AST FRI OCT 26 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING ISLAND



  IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

     SAINT CROIX



* UNTIL 915 PM AST



* AT 608 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING OVER SAINT CROIX...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.



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

  FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL SAINT CROIX



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. HOMES IN THE AREA HAVE BEGUN FLOODING 

FROM THE FOUR INCHES THAT HAVE FALLEN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.



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.



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 1767 6471 1764 6473 1764 6490 1766 6492

      1779 6490 1779 6465 1768 6465

TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 139DEG 12KT 1771 6479



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