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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

943 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

     BAYAMON

     HORMIGUEROS

     CIALES

     CAGUAS

     CIDRA

     COAMO

     CAYEY

     COROZAL

     COMERIO

     AIBONITO

     AGUAS BUENAS

     BARRANQUITAS

     JUNCOS

     JAYUYA

     GURABO

     ADJUNTAS

     MARICAO

     OROCOVIS

     NARANJITO

     MOROVIS

     TOA ALTA

     SABANA GRANDE

     SAN GERMAN

     SAN LORENZO

     UTUADO

     YAUCO

     VILLALBA

     TRUJILLO ALTO

     VEGA ALTA

     LAS PIEDRAS

     LAS MARIAS

     LARES

     DORADO

     GUAYANILLA

     ARROYO

     LUQUILLO

     PATILLAS

     MAUNABO

     NAGUABO

     GUAYNABO

     CEIBA

     CANOVANAS

     GUAYAMA

     FAJARDO

     CULEBRA

     GUANICA

     CAROLINA

     HUMACAO

     JUANA DIAZ

     MANATI

     PONCE

     CABO ROJO

     CATANO

     MAYAGUEZ

     VEGA BAJA

     SAN JUAN

     SALINAS

     SANTA ISABEL

     PENUELAS

     LOIZA

     RIO GRANDE

     YABUCOA

     VIEQUES

     TOA BAJA

     LAJAS



* UNTIL 130 AM AST



* AT 935 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY TO 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF 

EAST..SOUTHEAST...AND EASTERN INTERIOR THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS AND 

NOW OVER SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO. WEATHER DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS FOUR AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR OVER 

PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF PUERTO RICO WITHIN THIS HOUR. 

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE          

EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS     

BEEN EXTENDED IN TIME...AND IN AREAL COVERAGE TO COVER PARTS OF THE 

SOUTH AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO UNTIL 130 AST MONDAY.



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. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE EXPECTED 

OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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 1821 6531 1809 6525 1804 6556 1817 6564

      1793 6589 1792 6726 1824 6719 1826 6653

      1851 6655 1843 6554 1829 6557 1819 6545

      1821 6531 1831 6543 1839 6538 1836 6519



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