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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

950 AM AST WED SEP 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



  IN PUERTO RICO

     YAUCO

     GUAYANILLA

     GUANICA

     LAJAS



* UNTIL 145 PM AST



FOR THE RIO YAUCO AND THE CANAL DE LAJAS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES.



* AT 940 AM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTH SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. DOPPLER 

WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO 

TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 145 PM AST. THIS RAINFALL 

WILL LEAD TO THE FLOODING OF THE RIO YAUCO AND THE CANAL DE LAJAS 

AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES.  



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 1796 6702 1805 6702 1804 6691 1805 6690

      1814 6692 1813 6679 1795 6681 1792 6693



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