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WGCA72 TJSJ 020339

FFSSJU

PRC051-143-145-020445-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1138 PM AST WED MAY 01 2002



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR THE 

MUNICIPALITIES OF... 



     DORADO

     VEGA ALTA

     VEGA BAJA



...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



AT 1130 PM...CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED THAT THE RIO CIBUCO WAS BELOW 

ITS BANKS. ALSO...THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED AWAY FROM THE AREA.

 

ALTHOUGH FLOODING HAS ENDED FOR NOW...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS HAVE 

DEVELOPED ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN METRO AREA AND WERE MOVING 

NORTHWEST. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL MOVE 

JUST NORTH OF DORADO...VEGA ALTA...AND VEGA BAJA AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

HOWEVER...SOME ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THESE 

AREAS. THIS WOULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING THURSDAY 

MORNING...SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED. IT IS ADVISED THAT 

PEOPLE LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ISSUED BY 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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