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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

137 AM AST THU NOV 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE URBAN AND 

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 400 AM THIS THURSDAY MORNING FOR 

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS



IN PUERTO RICO

     SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL INTERIOR



INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES OF 



COAMO...AIBONITO...ARROYO...BARRANQUITAS...PATILLAS...MAUNABO... 

NARANJITO...YABUCOA...GUAYAMA...HUMACAO AND SALINAS.



...ALL OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PREVIOUS URBAN AND SMALL STREAM   

   FLOOD ADVISORY ARE CURRENTLY UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WARNING OR A     

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH...



AT 130 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND 

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AFFECTING THE 

ADVISORY AREA. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE 

SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL INTERIOR SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO THROUGH AT 

LEAST 400 AM. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WAS ALREADY OCCURRING 

ACROSS THESE MUNICIPALITIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS 

LIKELY AND THIS WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING AND RESULT 

IN NEW FLOODING OF ROADS...STREETS...CREEKS...STREAMS...AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS. THEREFORE...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD 

ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 400 AM THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION... 

MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE 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. 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. YOU SHOULD STAY 

AWAY FROM RISING RIVERS AND CREEKS. REMEMBER...VISIBILITIES ARE 

GREATLY REDUCED IN HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.



SEELEY

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