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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1054 AM AST WED JUN 10 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY



  IN PUERTO RICO

     FAJARDO



* UNTIL 1245 PM AST



* AT 1042 AM AST...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS REPORTED THAT SOME OF 

THE TRIBUTARIES ALONG RIO FAJARDO HAD COME OUT OF ITS BANKS DUE 

RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS...CAUSING FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IN 

PARTS OF PARAISO. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED OR 

MOVED AWAY IT CONTINUES TO RAIN ACROSS THIS AREA.   



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND

UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS AND LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF

CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE

SUBJECT TO FLOODING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO AVOID ROADS WHERE

EXCESSIVE PONDING IS OBSERVED.



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 1832 6568 1831 6565 1826 6570 1827 6573



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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANJUAN

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