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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

531 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

     COAMO

     YAUCO

     VILLALBA

     GUAYANILLA

     GUANICA

     JUANA DIAZ

     PONCE

     CABO ROJO

     SANTA ISABEL

     PENUELAS

     LAJAS



* UNTIL 930 PM AST



* AT 528 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE BAND OF 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN 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 930 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 1795 6720 1814 6715 1804 6697 1805 6690

      1814 6691 1817 6683 1812 6675 1815 6634

      1809 6629 1795 6636 1800 6647

TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 180DEG 0KT 1786 6644



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