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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1005 PM AST THU NOV 8 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS DISCONTINUED THE     

   FOLLOWING FLASH FLOOD ADVISORIES...



    ...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST PUERTO RICO...



    ...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CULEBRA...VIEQUES...ST THOMAS

       AND ST JOHN...



    ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL AREAS OF PUERTO RICO NORTH OF 

       THE CORDILLERA CENTRAL...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST CROIX UNTIL 6 AM...



...A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS OF PUERTO RICO     

   NORTH OF THE CORDILLERA CENTRAL UNTIL 7 AM...



AT 945 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL HAD NEARLY 

ENDED ACROSS MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL...INTERIOR...EAST AND SOUTHEAST 

PUERTO RICO...WITH ONLY SMALL PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN INDICATED. NO 

RAINFALL WAS INDICATED OVER CULEBRA...VIEQUES...ST THOMAS AND ST 

JOHN. WITH RAINFALL HAVING ENDED ACROSS THESE AREAS...THE THREAT FOR 

FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED FOR THE SHORT TERM. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCHES 

FOR SOUTHEAST PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA...VIEQUES...ST THOMAS...AND ST 

JOHN HAVE THEREFORE BEEN DISCONTINUED. HOWEVER...BANDS OF HEAVY 

SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS THE ST CROIX AREA...AND MAY AFFECT THE 

ISLAND WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH 

THEREFORE REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST CROIX UNTIL 6 AM.



WITH RAINFALL ENDING ACROSS THE FLOODED AREAS OF NORTH AND EASTERN 

PUERTO RICO DURING THE PAST 90 MINUTES...ADDITIONAL RISES IN RIVER 

LEVELS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HOWEVER... 

SEVERAL RIVERS ACROSS THIS FORMER FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA REMAIN 

WELL OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND NEARLY ALL THE REMAINING RIVERS AND 

STREAMS REMAIN AT HIGH LEVELS. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PUERTO 

RICO HAS THEREFORE BEEN CONVERTED TO A RIVER FLOOD WARNING...

EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7 AM.

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