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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

239 PM 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

     ISABELA

     HORMIGUEROS

     CAGUAS

     COAMO

     CAYEY

     AIBONITO

     ADJUNTAS

     MARICAO

     MOCA

     SABANA GRANDE

     SAN GERMAN

     SAN LORENZO

     YAUCO

     VILLALBA

     AGUADILLA

     AGUADA

     GUAYANILLA

     ARROYO

     PATILLAS

     MAUNABO

     GUAYAMA

     GUANICA

     JUANA DIAZ

     PONCE

     CABO ROJO

     MAYAGUEZ

     RINCON

     SALINAS

     SANTA ISABEL

     PENUELAS

     YABUCOA

     LAJAS

     ANASCO



* UNTIL 4:30 PM AST



* AT 2:32 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS HEAVY        

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM THE MONA PASSAGE AND LOCAL   

  CARIBBEAN WATERS...NORTH NORTHEASTWARD AND INTO WEST...SOUTHWEST   

  AND SOUTH SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE AT 

  OR NEAR BANKFULL...AND SOILS ARE SATURATED...AND FLASH FLOODING    

  FROM THIS AFTERNOON RAINFALL APPEARS IMMINENT ACROSS MUCH OF THIS  

  AREA.



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. MUDSLIDES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN 

AREAS OF STEEP 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 1806 6726 1823 6720 1829 6729 1837 6730

      1858 6704 1822 6706 1813 6688 1815 6595

      1799 6580 1793 6589 1792 6725



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