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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

820 PM AST SAT OCT 27 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY



  IN PUERTO RICO

     TRUJILLO ALTO



* UNTIL 1115 PM AST



* AT 812 PM AST...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM LAGO LOIZA TO THE 

MUNICIPALITY OF CAROLINA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED HEAVY RAIN IN THE 

WARNING  AREA. THIS RAIN HAS FALLEN MORE OR LESS CONTINUOUSLY 

UPSTREAM FROM TRUJILLO ALTO IN THE RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA BASIN SINCE 

BEFORE 4 PM AST.



AT THIS TIME THE RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA HAS EXCEEDED FLOOD STAGE OF 22 

FEET WITH A READING OF 24.32. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A FLOOD GATE HAS 

BEEN OPENED ON THE LAGO LOIZA AND THAT THE RIVER WILL RISE 

CONSIDERABLY MORE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. PERSONS ON THE RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA IN TRUJILLO ALTO 

SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

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 1831 6603 1838 6600 1836 6598 1834 6597

      1831 6601

TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 340DEG 12KT 1834 6601



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