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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

900 AM AST WED NOV 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS REDEFINED AND EXTENDED 

UNTIL 1100 AM THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE 

IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS



IN PUERTO RICO

     SAN JUAN AND VICINITY AND NORTH CENTRAL



INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



IN PUERTO RICO

     ALONG THE NORTH SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO FROM ARECIBO EAST TO    

     GUAYNABO. 



AT 850 AM AST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED 

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

OF PUERTO RICO. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS NEAR VEGA BAJA...TOA ALTA 

AND DORADO WHERE DOPPLER ESTIMATED MORE THAN ONE INCH OF RAIN. THESE 

SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH 1100 AM CAUSING 

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. 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. 



SIERRA

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