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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

518 AM AST WED NOV 7 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9 AM AST WEDNESDAY 

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS



IN PUERTO RICO

     SAN JUAN AND VICINITY...NORTHEAST...NORTH CENTRAL...AND         

     NORTHWEST SECTIONS



INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



IN PUERTO RICO

     AGUADA...MOCA...UTUADO...AND FROM AGUADILLA...EAST THROUGH      

     CANOVANAS...



AT 505 AM AST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...DEVELOPING ALONG THE NORTHERN 

SLOPES OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES OF MOCA AND 

AGUADA IN THE WEST...AND UTUADO IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR SECTIONS OF 

THE ISLAND. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH TO 

NORTHEAST...BUT REDEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR OVER THE SAME AREAS THROUGH 

AT LEAST 900 AM. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE 

POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 



THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING OF 

CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS...ROADS...ROADSIDE CULVERTS...LOW LYING AND 

POOR DRAINAGE AREAS THROUGH 900 AM. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND 

LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION... 

MUDSLIDES MAY ALSO OCCUR OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



IF YOU LIVE IN OR ARE PASSING THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA...YOU SHOULD

AVOID CROSSING FLOODED ROADS AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR 

DESTINATION. REMEMBER...VISIBILITIES ARE GREATLY REDUCED IN HEAVY 

RAIN. YOU SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM RISING RIVERS AND CREEKS.



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