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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

521 PM AST SUN OCT 28 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



  IN PUERTO RICO

     CAGUAS

     CIDRA

     CAYEY

     AIBONITO

     JUNCOS

     SAN LORENZO

     LAS PIEDRAS

     ARROYO

     LUQUILLO

     PATILLAS

     MAUNABO

     NAGUABO

     CEIBA

     CANOVANAS

     GUAYAMA

     FAJARDO

     HUMACAO

     SALINAS

     RIO GRANDE

     YABUCOA



* UNTIL 915 PM AST



* AT 521 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL APPROACHING THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN COASTS OF PUERTO 

RICO. DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THIS AREA THE PAST FEW DAYS...AND 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING 

HOURS...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN 

AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO THROUGH 915 PM AST. IN 

ADDITION...MUDSLIDES CAN BE EXPECTED IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. 



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. 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. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR 

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A 

FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER 

MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 1798 6633 1808 6625 1815 6630 1818 6613

      1824 6605 1817 6600 1830 6589 1843 6587

      1838 6552 1795 6585 1790 6626

TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 180DEG 0KT 1786 6599



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