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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

545 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 THOMAS



* UNTIL 7:45 PM AST



* AT 5:35 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG LINE OF          

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO AFFECT ST THOMAS. INDIVIDUAL           

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 6 MPH...WHILE THE LINE AS A 

  WHOLE WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. THE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED     

  THAT NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE WEST END OF   

  THE ISLAND DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL   

  FALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE ISLAND DURING THE NEXT HOUR. 



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 1827 6498 1830 6500 1830 6509 1842 6510

      1843 6502 1840 6500 1844 6498 1845 6488

      1827 6482



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