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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1023 PM AST FRI MAY 2 2008



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 130 AM AST



* FOR RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ALONG THE RIO CIBUCO AND ITS 

TRIBUTARIES



* AT 1018 PM AST...A U.S.G.S. RIVER SENSOR ALONG THE RIO CIBUCO AT 

VEGA BAJA WAS INDICATING THE RIO CIBUCO WAS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...AND 

THIS RIVER WAS NOT EXPECTED TO RECEDE BEFORE 130 AM AST. IN 

ADDITION...EMERGENCY MANAGERS REPORTED THE RIO INDIO...A TRIBUTARY 

TO THE RIO CIBUCO...WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOWING ACROSS SEVERAL 

ROADWAYS.



WHILE THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAS ENDED...IT WILL 

TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR THE RIO CIBUCO AND ITS TRIBUTARIES TO RECEDE 

BELOW FLOOD STAGE. 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AND WAIT FOR THE 

WATER TO RECEDE.



LAT...LON 1847 6640 1848 6634 1843 6632 1844 6640

TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 180DEG 0KT 1845 6637



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