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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

921 PM AST WED NOV 7 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM AST THURSDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS



IN PUERTO RICO

     SAN JUAN AND VICINITY...NORTHEAST...SOUTHEAST...CENTRAL INTERIOR

     AND EASTERN INTERIOR



INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



IN PUERTO RICO

     CANOVANAS...CAROLINA...CAGUAS...CIDRA...COAMO...CAYEY...

     COMERIO...AIBONITO...AGUAS BUENAS...ARROYO...BARRANQUITAS...

     JUNCOS...GURABO...LUQUILLO...PATILLAS...MAUNABO...NAGUABO...

     NARANJITO...SAN JUAN...TOA ALTA...SAN LORENZO...YABUCOA...

     TRUJILLO ALTA...LAS PIEDRAS...BAYAMON...CEIBA...GUAYAMA...

     FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYNABO...CATANO...SALINAS...LOIZA...RIO

     GRANDE AND TOA BAJA



AT 911 PM AST NWS RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF PUERTO 

RICO. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 

15 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE 

WITH 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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