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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

622 PM AST TUE SEP 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



  IN PUERTO RICO

     COAMO

     CAYEY

     ARROYO

     PATILLAS

     MAUNABO

     GUAYAMA

     JUANA DIAZ

     PONCE

     SALINAS

     SANTA ISABEL

     YABUCOA



* UNTIL 815 PM AST



* AT 616 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WATERS 

TOWARD THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTERN COASTS OF THE ISLAND. THESE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGGRAVATE THE SEVERE FLOODING 

CONDITIONS THAT THE SOUTHERN COASTAL MUNICIPALITIES HAVE EXPERIENCED 

WITHIN THE PAST TWO DAYS.



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.



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. 



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 1793 6658 1790 6662 1795 6668 1807 6668

      1807 6625 1811 6587 1805 6580 1792 6589

      1789 6635 1789 6654



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