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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

225 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

     TRUJILLO ALTO

     CANOVANAS

     CAROLINA

     LOIZA

     RIO GRANDE



* UNTIL 515 AM AST



* AT 202 AM AST...USGS RIVER SENSORS ALONG RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA WERE 

SHOWING RAPID RISING WATER LEVELS. THE USGS RIVER SENSOR NEAR BARRIO 

PUEBLO IN TRUJILLO ALTO WAS REPORTING WATER RISING ABOVE FLOOD STAGE 

AT THIS HOUR...WHILE THE USGS RIVER SENSOR DOWNSTREAM THE RIO GRANDE 

DE LOIZA DAM HAS REPORTED A SIGNIFICANT WATER LEVEL INCREASE DURING 

THE PAST HOUR. LOOKS LIKE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THAT AREA 

FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THEREFORE...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN 

ISSUED FOR RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA RIVER BASIN ALONG THOSE 

MUNICIPALITIES WHERE THE RIVER RUNS THROUGH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG OR 

NEARBY THE RIVER BASIN WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



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 1844 6585 1839 6590 1833 6594 1832 6602

      1846 6595

TIME...MOT...LOC 0610Z 180DEG 0KT 1830 6596



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