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WGCA52 TJSJ 280730

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VIC010-280930-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

327 AM AST MON APR 28 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



  IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

     SAINT CROIX



* UNTIL 5:30 A.M. AST.



* AT 3:23 A.M. AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG              

  THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST     

  SECTIONS OF ST CROIX...PRODUCING INTERMITTENT PERIODS OF VERY      

  HEAVY RAIN SINCE 2 A.M. A THUNDERSTORM WAS CONTINUING ACROSS THE   

  RAIN FOREST OF NORTHWEST ST CROIX AT 3:20 A.M. AND WAS NEARLY      

  STATIONARY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF GUTS AND 

STREAMS...ROADS...AS WELL AS LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF GUTS AND 

STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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 1770 6478 1771 6491 1780 6492 1780 6484

      1783 6481 1782 6472 1778 6472

TIME...MOT...LOC 0727Z 180DEG 0KT 1775 6483



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