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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

922 PM AST FRI MAY 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY



  IN PUERTO RICO

     ARECIBO



* FOR RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ALONG BOTH THE RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO 

AND THE RIO TANAMA AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES



* UNTIL 130 AM AST



* AT 917 PM AST...A U.S.G.S. RIVER GAGE SENSOR ALONG THE RIO GRANDE 

DE ARECIBO WAS INDICATING THAT THE RIVER REMAINED WELL ABOVE FLOOD 

STAGE. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE BASINS FOR BOTH THE 

RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO AND THE RIO TANAMA HAS ENDED...FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THESE RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES FOR 

SEVERAL MORE HOURS. IN ADDITION TO FLOODING...DUE TO VERY SATURATED 

SOILS...THE POTENTIAL FOR MUDSLIDES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA REMAINS 

HIGH.



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 0122Z 180DEG 0KT 1834 6675



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