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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

536 PM AST MON SEP 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



  IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

     SAINT CROIX



* UNTIL 7:30 PM AST



* AT 5:22 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF      

  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWARD NEAR 14 MPH FROM THE         

  OFFSHORE CARIBBEAN WATERS...AND TOWARDS THE SOUTH COAST OF ST      

  CROIX. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE   

  ISLAND DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES...TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS  

  AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE  

  EASTERN HALF OF THE ISLAND SINCE 3 PM...AND THIS ADDITIONAL        

  RAINFALL WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE SITUATION.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND GUTS...

AND LOW SPOTS IN HIGHWAYS. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS AND LAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO

FLOODING. ALSO...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION.



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 1764 6473 1765 6491 1768 6495 1776 6494

      1783 6481 1783 6472 1780 6470 1778 6455

      1772 6455



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