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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
438 PM AST TUE AUG 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO
     COAMO
     VILLALBA
     JUANA DIAZ
     PONCE

* UNTIL 730 PM AST

* THIS IS A POTENTIAL FOR A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR 
VILLALBA...DOWNSTREAM OF LAGO TOA VACA AT DAMSITE.

* AT 424 PM AST...THE PUERTO RICO LOCAL WATER AGENCY HAS REPORTED 
THAT THE GATE AT LAGO TOA VACA COULD POTENTIAL AUTOMATICALLY OPEN 
DUE TO THE CURRENT HIGH FLOWS. IF THIS OCCURS...FLOODING...WITH 
SHARP RISES IN THE RIVER LEVELS WILL OCCUR IN THE COMMUNITIES 
DOWNSTREAM OF THE LAKE...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF GUAYABAL IN 
JACAGUAS...THE FLOW WILL ALSO IMPACT ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES SOUTH 
UNTIL IT REACHES THE CARIBBEAN SEA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

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 1809 6654 1819 6646 1816 6633 1807 6646
      1798 6652 1797 6657

$$

AAS

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