CFWSJU
PRZ008-010-011-161500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
700 AM AST THU SEP 16 2004

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A COASTAL    
FLOOD WARNING AND A HAZARDOUS SURF ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM 
AST THURSDAY MORNING...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COASTAL LOCATIONS
IN PUERTO RICO
     FROM CABO ROJO NORTH TO AGUADILLA

ADJACENT TO THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN...

STRONG TROPICAL STORM JEANNE CONTINUES TO CHURN LOCAL WATERS AS IT 
LEAVES TO THE WEST NORTHWEST. SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WILL BE 
SUBSIDING...BUT IN THE MEANTIME LARGE BREAKERS WILL POUND THE WEST 
COAST OF PUERTO RICO AND HIGH SURF WILL RUN OVER A RELATIVELY HIGH 
TIDE. THIS WILL CAUSE RIP TIDES...AND LOCAL INUNDATION OF LOW LYING 
AREAS ALONG THE WESTERN COAST.

COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION WILL BE THE WORST DURING TIMES OF
HIGH TIDE.

THE TIMES OF THE HIGH TIDE FOR THE WEST COAST OF PUERTO RICO ARE:

AT MAYAGUEZ:  1.7 FEET  9:42 AM AST THIS MORNING
              1.5 FEET  9:40 PM AST THIS EVENING

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS COASTAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING, IS
IMMINENT, OR IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS. PEOPLE IN
THE WARNING AREA SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

LOCAL BEACH GOERS...AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS AND SWIMMERS ARE URGED 
TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL THESE HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS 
SUBSIDE. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD BE VIGILANT FOR LARGE BREAKING 
WAVES SURGING UPON THE SHORE...WHICH CAN CARRY PEOPLE OF ALL SIZES 
INTO THE OCEAN. YOU SHOULD AVOID BEING NEAR THE SHORE LINE AND STAY 
OFF OF ROCK FORMATIONS.

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SNELL