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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1150 AM AST THU NOV 8 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS   

   IN PUERTO RICO

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

     SOUTHEAST...CENTRAL INTERIOR...EASTERN INTERIOR AND WESTERN     

     INTERIOR



INCLUDING ALL MUNICIPALITIES IN A LINE FROM SAN SEBASTIAN TO 

PATILLAS AND NORTHWARD



ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...

RIO CAMUY...RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO...RIO LIMON IN UTUADO...RIO GRANDE 

DE MANATI...RIO CIBUCO IN COROZAL...RIO DE LA PLATA...RIO DE 

BAYAMON...RIO PIEDRAS...AND RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA...



AT 1130 AM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SHOWERS WERE 

DIMINISHING AND HAVE BECOME LESS WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE WARNING 

AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF PUERTO RICO. BUT THE 

EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT FELL OVER THE ISLAND DURING THE 

OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RUNOFF INTO THE RIVERS AND 

CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES. ALSO ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH 

THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL PRODUCE FLASH 

FLOODING. 



THE THREAT OF RIVER AND FLASH FLOODING WILL PERSIST AND YOU SHOULD 

CONTINUE TO REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY WATER ON THE ROADWAYS AND FLOODED 

STREAMS AND RIVERS.



SOME OF THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 

8 AM THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

7.40 INCHES IN UTUADO 

6.30 INCHES IN MANATI          

6.27 IN CANOVANAS

5.65 INCHES IN MAUNABO

5.47 INCHES IN JUNCOS

4.39 INCHES IN GURABO

4.28 INCHES IN RIO BLANCO 



 

THE FOLLOWING SUMMARIZES THE RIVERS ACROSS PUERTO RICO THAT WENT OUT 

OF THEIR BANKS OR REACHED CLOSE TO FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING ...



RIO TANAMA IN ARECIBO REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 11 FT AROUND 8 AM THIS 

MORNING AND CONTINUED TO RISE OUT OF ITS BANDS TO ABOVE 14 FT BY 11 

AM THIS MORNING.



RIO CAMUY IN CAMUY REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 13 FT AROUND 6 AM THIS 

MORNING AND CONTINUED TO RISE TO AROUND 16 FT BY 11 AM.



RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 12.5 FT AROUND 8 AM 

THIS MORNING AND CONTINUED TO RISE TO JUST 18.5 FT BY 10 AM...BUT 

THEN DECREASED SLIGHTLY TO AROUND 18 FT BY 11 AM.



RIO LIMON IN UTUADO REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 12 FT AROUND 7 AM THIS 

MORNING AND CONTINUED TO RISE TO NEARLY 15 FT JUST AFTER 8 AM AND 

THEN STARTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TO 10.5 FT BY 11 AM.



RIO GRANDE DE MANATI REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 25 FT AROUND 8 AM THIS 

MORNING AND CONTINUED TO RISE TO AROUND 34 FT BY 10 AM AND THEN WAS 

ON A SLIGHT DECREASE THROUGH 11 AM.



RIO CIBUCO IN COROZAL REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 11 FT AROUND 6 AM AND 

CONTINUED TO RISE UP TO NEAR 23 FT BY 8AM THEN DECREASED TO AROUND 

13 FT BY 10 AM AND THEN BEGAN TO RISE AGAIN TO NEAR 14 FT BY 11 AM.



RIO DE LA PLATA IN TOA BAJA REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 16 FT AROUND 7 AM 

THIS MORNING AND CONTINUED TO RISE TO AROUND 22 FT WHERE IT REMAINED 

AT 11 AM. 



RIO DE LA PLATA IN COMERIO REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 11 FT AROUND 2AM 

THIS MORNING AND THEN CONTINUED TO RISE TO NEAR 15 FT BY 6 AM AND 

THEN DECREASED THROUGH 8AM AND BEGAN TO RISE AGAIN TO ABOVE 15 FT BY 

11 AM.



RIO DE BAYAMON REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 11 FT AROUND 5 AM THIS MORNING 

AND THEN FLUCTUATED AROUND 15 FT THROUGH 11 AM.



RIO PIEDRAS REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 15 FT AROUND 8 AM THIS MORNING 

AND THEN INCREASED TO AROUND 17 FT  BY 9AM AND HAS DECREASED TO JUST 

UNDER 15 FT BY 11 AM.



RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 22 FT AROUND 8AM THIS 

MORNING AND THEN ROSE TO NEAR 27 FT BY 9AM AND THEN DECREASED TO 

NEAR 23 FT BY 11 AM.



RGZ

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