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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

218 PM 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

     CAGUAS

     COAMO

     CAYEY

     AIBONITO

     JUNCOS

     SAN LORENZO

     LAS PIEDRAS

     ARROYO

     LUQUILLO

     PATILLAS

     MAUNABO

     NAGUABO

     CEIBA

     CANOVANAS

     GUAYAMA

     FAJARDO

     HUMACAO

     JUANA DIAZ

     SALINAS

     SANTA ISABEL

     RIO GRANDE

     YABUCOA



* UNTIL 6:00 PM AST



* AT 2 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY TO TORRENTIAL 

  RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF EAST...          

  SOUTHEAST...AND SOUTHEASTERN INTERIOR PUERTO RICO. THE RADAR HAS   

  ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS THREE INCHES PER HOUR.         

  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE        

  AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS            

  BEEN EXTENDED IN TIME...AS WELL AS TO ADD JUANA DIAZ. 



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.



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 1800 6654 1805 6651 1801 6642 1823 6589

      1843 6583 1839 6561 1823 6558 1792 6597

      1789 6648



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