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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

130 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



  IN PUERTO RICO

     VEGA ALTA

     VEGA BAJA



* UNTIL 730 AM AST



* AT 130 AM AST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONAL REPORTED RAPID RIVER 

RISING LEVELS NEAR ROAD 620 AND 647 ALONG THE CIBUCO RIVER. 

ALSO...BOTH USGS GAGES AND RADAR ESTIMATED RADAR ACCUMULATIONS 

DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS...INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES 

OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER THIS PARTICULAR AREA. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES AREA POSSIBLE 

ALONG OR NEARBY CIBUCO RIVER DURING THE WARNING TIME PERIOD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 1850 6642 1849 6635 1840 6632 1837 6634

      1836 6638

TIME...MOT...LOC 0524Z 180DEG 0KT 1839 6634



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