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WGCA72 TJSJ 242109

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PRC029-031-087-119-127-139-242215-



BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

509 PM AST TUE SEP 24 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR THE   

   MUNICIPALITIES OF CANOVANAS...CAROLINA...SAN JUAN...TRUJILLO      

   ALTO...LOIZA AND RIO GRANDE HAS EXPIRED...



AT 505 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE AFFECTING THE WARNING AREA EARLIER THIS 

AFTERNOON HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED AWAY FROM THE AREA AND NO REPORTS 

OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OR 

FLOODING IS EXPECTED ACROSS THESE MUNICIPALITIES FOR AT LEAST THE 

NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE.



HOWEVER...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RE-DEVELOP 

ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS LATER TONIGHT AND MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 

FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY.  



SEELEY

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