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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

11:00 PM AST SUN SEP 15 2002



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS ISSUED AT 7:45 PM FOR THE 

MUNICIPALITIES OF 



     CANOVANAS

     CAROLINA

     CAGUAS

     CIDRA

     COAMO

     CAYEY

     COMERIO

     GUAYANILLA

     AIBONITO

     AGUAS BUENAS

     ARROYO

     BARRANQUITAS

     JUNCOS

     GURABO

     LUQUILLO

     PATILLAS

     MAUNABO

     NAGUABO

     SAN LORENZO

     YABUCOA

     VILLALBA

     TRUJILLO ALTO

     LAS PIEDRAS

     CEIBA

     PENUELAS

     GUAYAMA

     FAJARDO

     HUMACAO

     JUANA DIAZ

     GUAYNABO

     PONCE

     SALINAS

     SANTA ISABEL

     RIO GRANDE



IN PUERTO RICO UNTIL 11:00 PM AST IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.



AT 10:50 PM AST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DETECTED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN NORTH OF 

PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN 

HOUR AWAY FROM THE LOCAL AREA. ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS REMAIN OVER 

THE FORMER WARNING AREA ALSO MOVING NORTHWEST VERY RAPIDLY. ISOLATED 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CARIBBEAN SEA COULD POSSIBLY MOVE INTO ST. 

CROIX...VIEQUES...AND THE EASTERN SHORES OF PUERTO RICO WITHIN THE 

NEXT HOUR BUT NOT ENOUGH RAIN TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM MONDAY

FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.



HPL/CASTILLO

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