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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

244 AM AST FRI AUG 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



  IN PUERTO RICO

     JUNCOS

     GURABO

     SAN LORENZO

     TRUJILLO ALTO

     LAS PIEDRAS

     PATILLAS

     MAUNABO

     NAGUABO

     CANOVANAS

     CAROLINA

     HUMACAO

     LOIZA

     RIO GRANDE

     YABUCOA



* UNTIL 430 AM AST



* AT 240 AM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

AFFECTING MANY OF THESE MUNICIPALITIES AND SPREADING QUICKLY WEST 

SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE REMAINING AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES AND U.S.G.S. 

GAGES INDICATE THAT 1 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND 

IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE 

EXPECTED THROUGH 430 AM AND THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND 

POSSIBLY SOME LOCALIZED RIVER FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



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 1821 6598 1848 6601 1844 6586 1826 6582

      1816 6575 1796 6585 1794 6601



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