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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1019 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

     HORMIGUEROS

     ADJUNTAS

     SABANA GRANDE

     SAN GERMAN

     YAUCO

     GUAYANILLA

     GUANICA

     PONCE

     CABO ROJO

     PENUELAS

     LAJAS



* UNTIL 115 PM AST



* AT 1010 AM AST...A SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINS OF 

MORE THAN 4 INCHES IN THE LAST 6 HOURS IN GUAYANILLA. HEAVY RAINS OF 

A SIMILAR NATURE CONTINUE ACROSS ALL SOUTHWEST COASTAL 

MUNICIPALITIES OF PUERTO RICO AND WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES OF RIVERS 

AND STREAMS IN THE AREA...INCLUDING FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND 

ROADWAYS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING IN PUERTO RICO INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT 

LIMITED TO PUERTO REAL...TALLABOA ALTA...SANTO DOMINGO...SAN 

GERMAN...SABANA GRANDE...PENUELAS...YAUCO...LAJAS AND CABO ROJO



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...THIS 

AREA WILL BE SUBJECT TO MUDSLIDES IN STEEP AND UNSTABLE TERRAIN.



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 1792 6728 1814 6721 1815 6658 1798 6664



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