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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

433 PM AST WED SEP 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



  IN PUERTO RICO

     YAUCO

     GUAYANILLA

     GUANICA

     CABO ROJO

     PENUELAS

     LAJAS



* UNTIL 630 PM AST



* AT 420 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM THE LOCAL SOUTHWESTERN 

COASTAL WATERS TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE ISLAND. THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE 

TO THREE INCHES AS THEY MOVE INLAND. ALSO...THESE THUNDERSTORMS 

COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH. THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS 

ARE PRODUCING A LOT OF LIGHTNING AS WELL. THE VISIBILITY WILL BE 

REDUCED TO A MILE OR TWO AS THIS ACTIVE WEATHER MOVES OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. THE RISK OF MUDSLIDES IS HIGH FOR MUCH OF THE 

MUNICIPALITIES INCLUDED IN THE WARNING.



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.



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 1791 6700 1791 6722 1808 6724 1800 6683

      1804 6672 1795 6669 1789 6682 1791 6688

      1788 6691 1788 6698



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