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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
537 PM AST WED NOV 4 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO
     LUQUILLO
     RIO GRANDE

* UNTIL 830 PM AST

* AT 534 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS SHOWN 
PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF EL YUNQUE IN THE 
WARNED AREA. THIS WILL CAUSE MANY LOCAL STREAMS TO FLOOD. THE RIO 
ESPIRITU SANTO WAS RISING RAPIDLY AND IS EXPECTED TO GO INTO FLOOD 
BEFORE 6 PM AST. FLOOD STAGE ON THE RIO ESPIRITU SANTO IS 9 FEET.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 1834 6585 1837 6584 1841 6581 1840 6580
      1837 6579 1835 6574 1831 6576 1833 6583

$$

SNELL

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
     HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANJUAN