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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

206 PM AST FRI APR 19 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 

AREAS IN PUERTO RICO...



     NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL...MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY...CENTRAL

     INTERIOR AND WESTERN INTERIOR



THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH...



     ISABELA...CIALES...MANATI...FLORIDA...BARCELONETA...JAYUYA...

     ADJUNTAS...MARICAO...OROCOVIS...MOCA...RINCON...QUEBRADILLAS...

     SAN SEBASTIAN...UTUADO...ANASCO...AGUADILLA...AGUADA...LAS

     MARIAS...LARES...CAMUY...HATILLO...MAYAGUEZ AND ARECIBO



AT 205 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED RAIN AND ISOLATED 

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING....BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD...AND 

INCREASING IN INTENSITY WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE 

TO OVER TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER THE MUNICIPALITIES OF 

UTUADO...LARES...SAN SEBASTIAN...AND MOCA. 



REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE 

WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN OR ARE DRIVING THROUGH THE 

WATCH AREA...YOU ARE ADVISED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES...KEEP 

INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR THE LATEST 

INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.



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