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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

420 PM AST MON AUG 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



  IN PUERTO RICO

     CAGUAS

     GURABO

     SAN LORENZO



* UNTIL 715 PM AST



* AT 407 PM AST...A U.S.G.S. RIVER GAGE SENSOR ALONG THE RIO GRANDE 

DE LOIZA IN SAN LORENZO INDICATED THAT THE RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA HAD 

RISEN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND WAS CONTINUING TO RISE RAPIDLY. 

ADDITIONALLY...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL UPSTREAM OF THIS AREA...SO FURTHER FLOODING IS EXPECTED 

ALONG THE RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA...THE RIO TURABO AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES 

THROUGH AT LEAST 715 PM AST. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAN LORENZO

  AND CAGUAS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...AS WELL AS LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 1811 6593 1810 6600 1812 6607 1818 6607

      1829 6603 1829 6600 1823 6600 1821 6596



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