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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1108 AM AST SUN SEP 21 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



  IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

     SAINT JOHN

     SAINT THOMAS

     SAINT CROIX



* UNTIL 200 PM AST



* AT 1053 AM AST...THE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AND LOCAL PUBLIC IN 

SAINT CROIX REPORTED AREAS OF URBAN FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREAS.A 

SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN 

FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THESE AREAS AND PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY 

RAINFALL. SO FAR THE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

BETWEEN ONE TO THREE INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS THESE AREAS AND 

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED AT LEAST UNTIL 

200 AM AST. 

 

*THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING SUPERCEDES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT.





* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHARLOTTE

  AMALIE WEST...CHARLOTTE AMALIE...CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST AND         

  ANNAS RETREAT...CHRISTIANSTED...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS

AND LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. MUDSLIDE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 1769 6462 1778 6463 1784 6476 1826 6478

      1827 6468 1840 6470 1846 6492 1840 6500

      1843 6509 1830 6506 1826 6479 1784 6476

      1777 6494 1769 6492



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