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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

600 PM AST WED NOV 14 2001



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED THIS MORNING AT 11:40 AM AST

FOR MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY...WESTERN...NORTHWESTERN...AND WESTERN

INTERIOR PUERTO RICO WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM. THE SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE THERE DURING THE AFTERNOON HAVE WEAKENED

AND HAVE SPREAD OUTWARDS AND HAVE MOVED TO THE SOUTHWEST TO THE

SOUTH ENTRANCE TO THE MONA CHANNEL. WHAT REMAINS BEHIND IS A

LARGE STRATIFIED AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN EXTENDING FROM

MANATI SOUTHWEST TO CABO ROJO AND NEARLY STATIONARY.



ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN DURING THE AFTERNOON

ON THE HEADWATERS OF THE RIO GUANAJIBO BASIN. THE COMMUNITIES 

OF HORMIGUEROS AND CABO ROJO WILL BE AFFECTED BY RISES ALONG

THESE RIVERS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS

MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED SHOULD THE RISES REACH OR EXCEED FLOOD

STAGE.



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