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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

408 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

     CAGUAS

     CIDRA

     COAMO

     CAYEY

     AIBONITO

     GUAYAMA

     SALINAS

     SANTA ISABEL



* UNTIL 700 AM AST



* AT 403 AM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 

AFFECTING THESE MUNICIPALITIES. RADAR ESTIMATES AND U.S.G.S. GAGES 

INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS 

OF THE WARNING AREA AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 

1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH 700 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 1793 6644 1804 6634 1808 6626 1817 6619

      1819 6605 1791 6619



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