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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

515 PM AST SUN NOV 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND 

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM AST THIS EVENING 

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS



IN PUERTO RICO

     MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY AND WESTERN INTERIOR



INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



IN PUERTO RICO

     MOCA AND SAN SEBASTIAN



AT 500 PM AST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SAN SEBASTIAN AND MOCA. 

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED OVER SAN SEBASTIAN WHERE DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO TO THREE INCHES OR RAIN IN THE LAST 

HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH 630 PM CAUSING URBAN 

AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.  



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. 

REMEMBER...VISIBILITIES ARE GREATLY REDUCED IN HEAVY RAIN. YOU 

SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM RISING RIVERS AND CREEKS.



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