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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

717 PM AST MON AUG 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



  IN PUERTO RICO

     CAGUAS

     GURABO

     SAN LORENZO



* UNTIL 915 PM AST



* AT 710 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 

REMAINED ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND WAS CONTINUING TO RISE. 

ADDITIONALLY...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING AREAS OF 

MODERATE TO 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 915 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.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CAGUAS



LAT...LON 1811 6593 1810 6600 1812 6607 1818 6607

      1829 6603 1829 6600 1823 6600 1821 6596



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