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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

727 AM AST SUN SEP 21 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



  IN PUERTO RICO

     PATILLAS

     MAUNABO

     YABUCOA



* UNTIL 1015 AM AST



* AT 715 AM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG LINE OF          

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF PUERTO 

RICO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO NORTHWEST AND 

WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA UNTIL AT LEAST 1015 AM AST. 

THE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN ACROSS THESE MUNICIPALITIES OF PUERTO RICO DURING THE PAST 

HOUR...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS THIS AREA DURING THE 

NEXT FEW HOUR. A U.S.G.S. RIVER SENSOR ALONG RIO MAUNABO INDICATED 

THAT THE RIVER LEVEL WAS RAPIDLY NEARING FLOOD STAGE...AND FLOODING 

IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THAT RIVER AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES THROUGH 

AT LEAST 1030 AM AST.   



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 1807 6594 1803 6584 1797 6593 1798 6602



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