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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1105 AM AST WED NOV 7 2001



...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT      

   FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES ALONG THE NORTH SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO    

   FROM ARECIBO TO GUAYNABO HAS EXPIRED...



AT 1100 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE HEAVY 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE AFFECTING THESE MUNICIPALITIES 

EARLIER HAD DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY OR MOVED AWAY FROM THE AREA. 

ALTHOUGH AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN COULD STILL OCCUR ACROSS THE FORMER 

ADVISORY AREA THROUGH 1200 PM...THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF ANY 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLOODING HAS ENDED. THEREFORE...THE 

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT    

1100 AM.



HOWEVER...MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY LEFTOVER 

PONDED WATER ON ROADWAYS AND STAY AWAY FROM ANY REMAINING FLOODED 

AREAS UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. IN ADDITION...RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO 

REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON 

AS OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY RE-DEVELOP ACROSS PUERTO RICO 

THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS COULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL 

AND POSSIBLY SOME FLOODING.



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