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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

230 PM AST WED NOV 7 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS EVENING 

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS



IN PUERTO RICO

     SAN JUAN AND VICINITY...NORTHEAST...SOUTHEAST AND NORTH         

     CENTRAL SECTIONS



INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



IN PUERTO RICO

     FROM ARECIBO EAST TO FAJARDO AND FROM FAJARDO SOUTH TO          

     YABUCOA...



AT 220 PM AST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF 

MODERATE RAINFALL AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY 

RAIN...ALONG THE NORTH AND EAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED NEAR TOA BAJA...CATANO AND CAROLINA 

WHERE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED BETWEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON 

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.



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