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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1042 PM AST MON SEP 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS REISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO EXTEND IT IN TIME AND AREAL COVERAGE FOR...

  TWO THIRDS OF PUERTO RICO...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NORTHWEST 

PORTION OF THE ISLAND

    

* UNTIL 230 AM AST



* AT 1024 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

HEAVY RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM THE NEAR AND OFF SHORE 

CARIBBEAN WATERS TOWARD THE SOUTHERN COAST OF PUERTO RICO. THESE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTERACTING WITH BANDS OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE MOVING FROM THE ATLANTIC WATERS TOWARD THE 

NORTHERN COAST OF THE ISLAND...RESULTING IN MERGING CELLS THAT ARE 

PRODUCING HEAVY TO TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY 

WINDS. RIVERS HAVE COME DOWN A BIT WITHIN THE PAST FEW HOURS...BUT 

THIS NEW SURGE OF SHOWERS WILL CAUSE THE RIVERS TO RAPIDLY INCREASE 

AS SHOWERS MOVE BY.



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 6719 1829 6669 1852 6669 1841 6560

      1828 6562 1825 6555 1796 6588 1792 6623

      1795 6662 1793 6722



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