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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

600 PM AST WED NOV 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED IN TIME AN 

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 1000 PM AST WEDNESDAY 

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS



IN PUERTO RICO

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

     INTERIOR AND EASTERN INTERIOR



INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



IN PUERTO RICO

     DORADO...CANOVANAS...CAROLINA...CIALES...CAGUAS...CIDRA...

     COROZAL...MANATI...COMERIO...AGUAS BUENAS...BARRANQUITAS...

     BARCELONETA...JUNCOS...GURABO...LUQUILLO...OROCOVIS...NAGUABO...

     NARANJITO...MOROVIS...SAN JUAN...TOA ALTA...SAN LORENZO...

     TRUJILLO ALTA...VEGA ALTA...LAS PIEDRAS...BAYAMON...CEIBA...

     FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYNABO...CATANO...VEGA BAJA...LOIZA...RIO

     GRANDE AND TOA BAJA



AT 552 PM AST NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHWESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH...OVER THE 

NORTHEAST COASTAL AND NORTHERN SLOPES OF PUERTO RICO. RAINFALL RATES 

OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO 

CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN 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. YOU SHOULD NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY...AS CARS CAN EASILY STALL

IN THE WATER AND BE CARRIED AWAY IN ANY CURRENT. REMEMBER...

VISIBILITIES ARE GREATLY REDUCED IN HEAVY RAIN. YOU SHOULD STAY AWAY

FROM RISING RIVERS AND CREEKS.

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