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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

643 PM AST MON AUG 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY



  IN PUERTO RICO

     YABUCOA



* UNTIL 845 PM AST



* AT 634 PM AST...A U.S.G.S. RIVER GAGE SENSOR ALONG THE RIO 

GUAYANES IN YABUCOA INDICATED THAT THE RIO GUAYANES 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 GUAYANES 

AND ITS TRIBUTARIES THROUGH AT LEAST 845 PM AST. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO YABUCOA...

  PLAYITA AND MARTORELL



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS

AND LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 1808 6604 1811 6595 1808 6582 1805 6582

      1804 6584 1803 6590



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