

000 

WGCA72 TJSJ 051859

FFSSJU

PRC119-052100-



BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

255 PM AST SAT APR 05 2003



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING

MUNICIPALITIES



IN PUERTO RICO

     RIO GRANDE



AT 250 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 

ENDED IN THE BASIN SERVED BY RIO GRANDE. THE USGS RIVER GAUGE AT RIO 

GRANDE HAS SUBSIDED BELOW FLOOD WARNING AT 13 FEET AND IT IS NOT 

EXPECTED TO RETURN TO FLOOD LEVELS WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 



ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO 

REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY LINGERING WATER ON THE ROADWAYS THROUGH THE 

AFTERNOON. ALSO RIO GRANDE REMAINS SWOLLEN WITH RAPIDLY MOVING WATER 

AND IS UNSAFE FOR SWIMMING OR WADING AT THIS TIME.



$$



SNELL

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000 

WGCA72 TJSJ 051859

FFSSJU

PRC119-052100-



BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

255 PM AST SAT APR 05 2003



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING

MUNICIPALITIES



IN PUERTO RICO

     RIO GRANDE



AT 250 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 

ENDED IN THE BASIN SERVED BY RIO GRANDE. THE USGS RIVER GAUGE AT RIO 

GRANDE HAS SUBSIDED BELOW FLOOD WARNING AT 13 FEET AND IT IS NOT 

EXPECTED TO RETURN TO FLOOD LEVELS WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 



ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO 

REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY LINGERING WATER ON THE ROADWAYS THROUGH THE 

AFTERNOON. ALSO RIO GRANDE REMAINS SWOLLEN WITH RAPIDLY MOVING WATER 

AND IS UNSAFE FOR SWIMMING OR WADING AT THIS TIME.



$$



SNELL

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