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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

600 PM AST SAT DEC 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS DISCONTINUED 



* THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES 

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CANOVANAS

     CAROLINA

     LUQUILLO

     SAN JUAN

     TRUJILLO ALTO

     BAYAMON

     FAJARDO

     GUAYNABO

     CATANO

     LOIZA

     RIO GRANDE

     TOA BAJA



AT 545 PM...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAD ENDED SINCE 5 PM ACROSS THE 

FORMER WARNING AREA...AND WATER LEVELS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE 

RETURNING TO NON CRITICAL LEVELS. WATER HAD ALSO RECEDED ACROSS 

PREVIOUSLY FLOODED AREAS. NO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THIS 

AREA DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS 

BEEN DISCONTINUED.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO... 

INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...AND ALL THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 

UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY MORNING. LOCAL RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS WILL REMAIN 

ABOVE NORMAL THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL OVERNIGHT COULD INDUCE FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING. 

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