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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

430 PM AST THU NOV 8 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS NORTH OF 

THE CORDILLERA CENTRAL...



ENCOMPASSING AN AREA FROM QUEBRADILLAS SOUTH TO LARES AND THEN EAST 

ALL THE WAY TO YABUCOA AND NORTH TO FAJARDO.



INCLUDING ALL RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES THAT FLOW NORTHWARD... 

ESPECIALLY THE 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 400 PM AST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE PERIODS 

OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MANY PORTIONS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY BETWEEN A HALF AND ONE AND A HALF INCHES IN 

THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS ADDING TO RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 10 INCHES 

THAT HAD ALREADY FALLEN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING 

HOURS. THEREFORE FLOODING OF ROADS...RIVERS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS 

MUDSLIDES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. 



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

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

10.41 INCHES IN NAGUABO

10.22 INCHES IN MOROVIS

9.36 INCHES IN NARANJITO

8.86 INCHES IN BAYAMON

8.31 INCHES IN CIALES

8.29 INCHES IN RIO PIEDRAS

8.00 INCHES IN BARRANQUITAS



 

THE FOLLOWING SUMMARIZES THE RIVERS ACROSS PUERTO RICO THAT WENT OUT 

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



RIO TANAMA (ARD) IN ARECIBO REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 11 FT AROUND 8 AM 

THIS MORNING AND CONTINUED TO RISE OUT OF ITS BANKS TO ABOVE 14 FT 

BY 11 AM THIS MORNING. SINCE THEN THE STAGE HAS FALLEN TO AROUND 9 

FT.



RIO CAMUY(CMA) IN CAMUY REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 13 FT AROUND 6 AM 

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

CONTINUED TO RISE TO NEAR 18 FT BY 4 PM.



RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO (ARK) 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 AND CONTINUED TO 

FALL TO 15 FT THROUGH 4 PM.



RIO LIMON (ARH) 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...BUT 

ROSE AGAIN TO 13 FT BY 4 PM.



RIO GRANDE DE MANATI (MAN) 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 AND CONTINUED TO FALL TO 

AROUND 32 FT BY 4 PM.



RIO CIBUCO(COR) 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. SINCE THEN THE STAGE FELL TO 9 FT BY 4 PM.



RIO DE LA PLATA (TOA) 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 AND SINCE HAS FALLLEN SLIGHTLY TO 21 FT AT 4 PM.



RIO DE LA PLATA (COM) 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. BY 4 PM IT FELL TO FLOOD STAGE AGAIN...11 FT.



RIO DE BAYAMON (BAY) REACHED FLOOD STAGE OF 11 FT AROUND 5 AM THIS 

MORNING AND THEN FLUCTUATED AROUND 15 FT THROUGH 11 AM...BUT HAS 

FALLEN RAPIDLY TO 6 FT BY 4 PM.



RIO PIEDRAS (RPO) 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 AND CONTINUED TO FALL TO 9 FT BY 1 

PM...BUT ROSE AGAIN TO 12 FT BY 4 PM.



RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA (TRU) 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 AND 12 FT BY 4PM.



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