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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1058 PM AST FRI OCT 26 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY



  IN PUERTO RICO

     VIEQUES



* UNTIL 200 AM AST



* AT 1055 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE ISLAND OF VIEQUES...WITH ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINFALL UPSTREAM OF THE ISLAND.



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



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN CAUSING LOCALIZED 

FLOODING ON THE ISLAND OF VIEQUES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER 

THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN CONTINUED FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND ROADWAYS THROUGH AT LEAST 

2 AM AST. 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.



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 0258Z 180DEG 0KT 1798 6516



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