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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1136 AM AST MON OCT 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



  IN PUERTO RICO

     CAYEY

     LAS PIEDRAS

     ARROYO

     PATILLAS

     MAUNABO

     GUAYAMA

     HUMACAO

     SALINAS

     YABUCOA



* UNTIL 530 PM AST MONDAY



* AT 1130 AM AST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL      

  AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.       

  RAINFALL RATES OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE...WITH            

  ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON OF UP TO 5 INCHES IN ISOLATED AREAS.



* DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAIN EVENT THAT DEVASTATED SOUTHEASTERN    

  PUERTO RICO A FEW WEEKS AGO...RIVERS ARE RUNNING HIGH AND SOILS    

  ARE SATURATED. 



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 1804 6631 1809 6595 1824 6583 1821 6582

      1820 6578 1816 6574 1798 6590 1792 6631



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