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WGCA72 TJSJ 012009

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VIZ002-012200-



BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

408 PM AST THU NOV 1 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND  

   SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM AST THIS       

   THURSDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE WEST HALF OF ST CROIX IN THE   

   U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...



AT 402 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SHOWERS AND 

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTING THE WEST HALF OF ST 

CROIX DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND 

AREAL COVERAGE. HOWEVER...A SPOTTER IN FREDERICKSTED INDICATED THAT 

4.2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN THERE SINCE 1100 AM THIS 

MORNING AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN...WITH SEVERAL LOW LYING AREAS 

FLOODED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH ARE STILL 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 PM AND THIS WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

OF ROADS...STREAMS...CREEKS...GUTS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.



MOTORISTS OR PEDESTRIANS IN OR PASSING THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA 

THROUGH 600 PM THIS EVENING SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED 

ROADS AND SHOULD PERMIT EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS. 

REMEMBER...AUTOMOBILES CAN EASILY STALL IN THE WATER AND BE CARRIED 

AWAY BY ANY CURRENT. PEDESTRIANS ARE ALSO ADVISED TO STAY AWAY FROM 

RISING CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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