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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

516 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

     ISABELA

     HORMIGUEROS

     MARICAO

     MOCA

     QUEBRADILLAS

     SABANA GRANDE

     SAN GERMAN

     SAN SEBASTIAN

     AGUADILLA

     AGUADA

     LAS MARIAS

     MAYAGUEZ

     ANASCO



* UNTIL 815 PM AST



* AT 505 PM AST...NWS TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF AGUADA AND MOCA DUE TO A BAND OF HEAVY 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE 

WESTERN COAST OF THE ISLAND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE TO 

PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WITHIN THE 

NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING 

GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH. THE VISIBILITY WILL BE 

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

WARNED AREA. ALSO...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 1808 6709 1821 6716 1838 6718 1853 6714

      1857 6711 1852 6692 1806 6692



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