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WGCA52 TJSJ 160326

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1126 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  

     SAINT CROIX



* UNTIL 515 AM AST THURSDAY



* AT 1130 PM AST...OBSERVATIONS FROM ST CROIX INDICATE FOUR INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES LIKELY 

DURING THE OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER THREE INCHES PER HOUR 

ARE POSSIBLE AS THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR MOVES OVER THE ISLAND 

DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 



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.



LAT...LON 1766 6465 1764 6490 1768 6494 1776 6494

      1780 6490 1782 6473 1780 6470 1780 6462

      1769 6462



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