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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

655 PM AST TUE DEC 11 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



  IN PUERTO RICO

     VEGA ALTA

     VEGA BAJA



* UNTIL 1100 PM AST



* AT 652 PM AST...A U.S.G.S. RIVER GAGE SENSOR ALONG THE RIO CIBUCO 

AT VEGA BAJA INDICATED THAT THE RIO CIBUCO REMAINED WELL ABOVE FLOOD 

STAGE...AND THIS RIVER IS NOT EXPECTED TO RECEDE BELOW FLOOD STAGE 

FOR SEVERAL HOURS. FOR THIS REASON...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE 

RIO CIBUCO AND ITS TRIBUTARIES HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 11 PM AST.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND 

UNDERPASSES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE RIO CIBUCO AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. 

ADDITIONALLY...ROADS AND LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS 

AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



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 2255Z 180DEG 0KT 1839 6634



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