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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

107 PM AST SUN SEP 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE



* 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 430 PM AST



* AT 1254 PM AST...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

SEVERAL MUDSLIDES ACROSS SECTIONS IN PONCE DUE TO THE SHOWER 

ACTIVITY THAT HAS NOT STOP SINCE THIS MORNING. ALSO...ROAD ONE IN 

FROM OF MERCEDITA AIRPORT HAS PONDS OF WATERS...MAKING DIFFICULT 

CONDITIONS FOR DRIVER TO GO BY.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND AFFECT PONCE 

AND THE REST OF THE MUNICIPALITIES ABOVE MENTIONED. RESIDENT AND 

VISITOR SHOULD MONITOR CLOSELY THE WEATHER SITUATION FOR THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS AS THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INLAND FROM 

THE NEAR SHORE CARIBBEAN WATERS. SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED OVER 

MOST OF THESE AREAS...AND THESE SHOWERS CAN DETERIORATE THIS 

SITUATION. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF MUDSLIDES ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA.



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 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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