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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

255 PM AST WED JUN 5 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM FOR THE   

   MUNICIPALITIES OF...                                              

CIALES...COAMO...CAYEY...AIBONITO...ARROYO...JAYUYA...               

PATILLAS...MAUNABO...OROCOVIS...SAN LORENZO...YABUCOA...             

VILLALBA...LAS PIEDRAS...GUAYAMA...HUMACAO...JUANA DIAZ...           

PONCE...SALINAS AND SANTA ISABEL 



...HAS BEEN DISONTINUED...BUT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN         

   EFFECT FOR THIS SAME AREA...



AT 250 PM AST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO  

MODERATE SHOWERS OVER THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF PUERTO 

RICO. THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH FELL ACROSS THIS AREA EARLIER HAS 

DIMINISHED...BUT LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 

THIS AREA FROM TIME TO TIME. THEREFORE THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. THEREFORE...A FLASH FLOOD 

WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA.



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.



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

LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

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