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WGCA72 TJSJ 091020

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VIZ002-091120-



BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

620 AM AST FRI NOV 9 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM FOR ST      

   CROIX IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS HAS EXPIRED...



AT 614 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE SHOWERS 

AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE AFFECTING ST CROIX LATE 

THURSDAY EVENING AND EARLY THIS FRIDAY MORNING HAVE DIMINISHED IN 

INTENSITY OR MOVED AWAY FROM THE ISLAND. IN ADDITION...NO HEAVY RAIN 

OR FLOODING HAS OCCURRED THERE DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. ALTHOUGH 

SCATTERED SHOWERS OR A THUNDERSTORM COULD STILL OCCUR ACROSS THE 

FORMER WATCH AREA THROUGH 720 AM...THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF ANY 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. THEREFORE... 

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 AM.



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 DEVELOP ACROSS ST CROIX LATER 

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

AND FLASH FLOODING.



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