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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1016 AM AST SUN SEP 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



  IN PUERTO RICO

     COAMO

     ADJUNTAS

     SABANA GRANDE

     YAUCO

     VILLALBA

     GUAYANILLA

     GUANICA

     JUANA DIAZ

     PONCE

     SANTA ISABEL

     PENUELAS



* UNTIL 100 PM AST



* AT 1000 AM AST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS LA PLAYA DE PONCE AND A NEAR URBAN AREA 

CALLED VILLA DEL CARMEN. ALSO THEY REPORTED A MUDSLIDE ACROSS THE 

NEW ROAD TEN FROM PONCE TO ADJUNTAS. THIS ROAD WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL 

FURTHER NOTICE. 



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE 

MUNICIPALITIES INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS. THIS SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MOVING FROM 

THE NEAR SHORE CARIBBEAN WATERS AND MOVING NORTHWESTWARD TO AFFECT 

MOST OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO LATE THIS 

MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. A MODERATE RISK 

OF MUDSLIDES EXIST ACROSS THESE AREAS AS SOILS ARE SATURATED FROM 

THE PAST RECENT RAINS.



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 1793 6694 1812 6694 1815 6674 1812 6638

      1792 6637



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