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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

624 PM AST FRI MAY 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY



  IN PUERTO RICO

     ARECIBO



* FOR RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ALONG THE RIO TANAMA AND RIO GRANDE DE 

ARECIBO AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES



* UNTIL 930 PM AST



* AT 621 PM AST...A U.S.G.S. RIVER GAGE SENSOR ALONG THE RIO GRANDE 

DE ARECIBO INDICATED THAT THE RIVER HAD RISEN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND 

WAS CONTINUING TO RISE. IN ADDITION...EMERGENCY MANAGERS REPORTED 

THAT SOME TRIBUTARIES OF THE RIO TANAMA WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 

WHILE THE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THIS AREA HAS ENDED...HEAVY RAINFALL 

EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING ALONG THE RIO 

TANAMA AND THE RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO THROUGH AT LEAST 930 PM AST. IN 

ADDITION TO FLOODING...THE POTENTIAL FOR MUDSLIDES ACROSS THIS AREA 

WILL REMAIN HIGH THIS EVENING.



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 1848 6669 1845 6669 1833 6665 1832 6668

      1840 6670 1834 6672 1835 6676 1844 6672

      1848 6674

TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 180DEG 0KT 1834 6675



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