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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

806 PM AST FRI OCT 26 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY



  IN PUERTO RICO

     VIEQUES



* UNTIL 1100 PM AST



* AT 802 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL OVER THE ISLAND OF VIEQUES...AND INTERMITTENT HEAVY 

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE ISLAND OF VIEQUES 

THROUGH AT LEAST 1100 PM AST.



OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS...OVER TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

ACCUMULATED IN A RAWS SENSOR LOCATED ON THE ISLAND OF VIEQUES...AND 

WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL UPSTREAM OF THE ISLAND...AN ADDITION ONE 

TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 11 PM AST. 



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



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS...STREAMS...ROADS AND ANY LOW LYING AREAS ON THE ISLAND OF 

VIEQUES. ADDITIONALLY...MUDSLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP 

TERRAIN.



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.



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 1809 6531 1807 6534 1806 6561 1815 6559

      1818 6526 1815 6524 1809 6524

TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 180DEG 0KT 1798 6516



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