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WGCA72 TJSJ 151847

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PRZ002-003-151945-



BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

245 PM AST SAT DEC 15 2001



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES OF 



     MAUNABO

     YABUCOA

     HUMACAO



...HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 245 PM.



AT 235 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH AFFECTED THE SOUTHEAST AND 

NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY OR 

MOVED NORTHWEST AWAY FROM THE FORMER WARNING AREA. NEAR ONE INCH OF 

RAINFALL CAUSED RISING IN RIVER WATER LEVELS ACROSS MAUNABO... 

YABUCOA...AND HUMACAO...BUT REMAINED BELLOW FLOOD STAGE. ADDITIONAL 

MODERATE SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE FORMER WARNING AREA THROUGH 5 

PM...BUT FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THIS TIME.



PONDING OF WATER OVER LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY STILL 

POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF PUERTO RICO. THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE MONITORING THE WEATHER 

CONDITIONS...AND WILL ISSUE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS IF CONDITIONS 

WARRANT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH 600 

PM...AND WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.



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