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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

556 PM AST SUN SEP 21 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS REISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



  IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

     SAINT JOHN

     SAINT THOMAS

     SAINT CROIX



* UNTIL 845 PM AST



* AT 544 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

AFFECTING THE NEAR WATERS WEST OF ST CROIX. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 

THAT 1 TO AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL OVER PARTS OF THE 

WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN SECTION OF ST CROIX 

WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AS A RESULT...NEW FLASH FLOODING OF 

STREETS...ROADS AND GUTS AND WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOOD 

PROBLEMS THE REST OF THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE 

EXPECTED OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.  



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.





LAT...LON 1778 6464 1784 6473 1810 6475 1839 6471

      1845 6489 1843 6506 1842 6507 1830 6506

      1826 6476 1784 6473 1773 6491 1769 6465



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