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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

536 PM AST WED JUN 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



  IN PUERTO RICO

     MARICAO

     SABANA GRANDE

     SAN GERMAN

     YAUCO

     GUANICA

     LAJAS



* UNTIL 745 PM AST



* AT 531 PM AST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SABANA

  GRANDE...PALOMAS AND YAUCO



WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SUBSIDED OVER THE AREA...THE RIO 

LOCO IN YAUCO WAS REPORTED TO BE SPILLING OVER ITS BANKS THANKS TO 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED AN HOUR OR SO AGO.  

THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THIS AREA HAS BEEN EXTENDED 

FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. STAY AWAY 

FROM FLOODED ROADS FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODING.



LAT...LON 1821 6696 1810 6684 1802 6682 1798 6698

      1817 6704

TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 180DEG 0KT 1799 6686



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