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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

123 PM AST MON SEP 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO EXCEPT THE NORTHERN 

INTERIOR AND THE NORTH COAST...

  

* UNTIL 715 PM AST



NWS SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND RECENT SATELLITE PHOTOS INDICATED 

CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ACROSS THE NEAR AND OFFSHORE 

CARIBBEAN WATERS...MOVING NORTHWARD AROUND 10 MPH...AND INTO SOUTH 

CENTRAL COASTAL MUNICIPALITIES OF PUERTO RICO. THIS TREND OF HEAVY 

RAINFALL MOVING NORTHWARD INTO THE ISLAND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 

THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE ENTIRE SOUTH HALF OF THE ISLAND HAS 

BEEN AFFECTED WITH VERY HIGH RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND MAJOR 

FLOODING IN THE PAST 24 HOURS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL 

WORSEN FLOOD AND SOIL CONDITIONS.



MUDSLIDES WILL ALSO BECOME LIKELY AGAIN THROUGH THIS 

EVENING IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ACROSS 

THESE PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND SHOULD REMAIN ON HIGH ALERT. 



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.



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.



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 1822 6718 1829 6669 1825 6644 1828 6621

      1827 6562 1824 6556 1796 6589 1792 6623

      1795 6665 1792 6722



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