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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

627 PM AST WED SEP 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO EXPAND IN AREAL COVERAGE AND EXTEND IN TIME 

FOR...



  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



  IN PUERTO RICO

     YAUCO

     GUAYANILLA

     GUANICA

     JUANA DIAZ

     PONCE

     CABO ROJO

     SANTA ISABEL

     PENUELAS

     LAJAS



* UNTIL 930 PM AST



* AT 622 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM THE LOCAL SOUTHWESTERN 

COASTAL WATERS TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH COASTAL MUNICIPALITIES 

OF THE ISLAND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE TO PRODUCE RAINFALL 

ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES AS THEY MOVE INLAND AND 

CONTINUE TRACKING NORTHEAST. 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.



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 1789 6651 1793 6653 1790 6661 1793 6664

      1790 6666 1793 6669 1791 6722 1808 6725

      1800 6682 1804 6671 1806 6645 1791 6632



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