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WGCA72 TJSJ 080506

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PRZ001-005-006-080600-



BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

106 AM AST THU NOV 8 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES 

   OF DORADO...CIALES...COROZAL...MANATI...FLORIDA...BARCELONETA...

   NARANJITO...MOROVIS...TOA ALTA...TOA BAJA...VEGA ALTA AND VEGA    

   BAJA HAS EXPIRED...



AT 1255 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE HEAVY 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE AFFECTING THESE MUNICIPALITIES 

EARLIER HAD DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY. ALTHOUGH AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN 

COULD STILL OCCUR ACROSS THE FORMER WARNING AREA THROUGH 200 AM... 

THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLASH 

FLOODING HAS ENDED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ALLOWED 

TO EXPIRE AT 1230 AM. HOWEVER...THESE MUNICIPALITIES REMAIN UNDER A 

FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 600 AM THIS MORNING.



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 MORNING AS 

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY RE-DEVELOP ACROSS THESE AREAS 

LATER THIS MORNING...AND THIS COULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.



BD/BCS

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