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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

636 PM AST THU JUN 11 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



  IN PUERTO RICO

     VEGA ALTA

     VEGA BAJA



* UNTIL 800 PM AST



* AT 631 PM AST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE 

RIO CIBUCO WAS OUT OF ITS BANK IN SECTOR FATIMA OF VEGA ALTA AND WAS 

FLOODING OVER ROAD 620. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN 

OCCURRED OVER THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EXCESSIVE 

RUNOFF HAS RESULTED IN THIS FLOODING. NEW FLOODING IS EXPECTED 

DOWNSTREAM THROUGH AT LEAST 8 PM.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



IN MOUNTAINOUS OR HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER

CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES

AWAY.



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 1850 6639 1850 6635 1838 6634 1839 6639



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

     HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANJUAN

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