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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

505 PM AST FRI JUN 6 2003



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING

MUNICIPALITIES



IN PUERTO RICO

     DORADO...CANOVANAS...CAROLINA...CIALES...CAGUAS...CIDRA...

     COAMO...CAYEY...COROZAL...MANATI...COMERIO...AIBONITO...AGUAS

     BUENAS...ARROYO...BARRANQUITAS...JUNCOS...JAYUYA...GURABO...

     LUQUILLO...PATILLAS...MAUNABO...OROCOVIS...NAGUABO...

     NARANJITO...MOROVIS...SAN JUAN...TOA ALTA...SAN LORENZO...

     YABUCOA...VILLALBA...TRUJILLO ALTO...VEGA ALTA...LAS PIEDRAS...

     BAYAMON...CEIBA...GUAYAMA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...JUANA DIAZ...

     GUAYNABO...PONCE...CATANO...VEGA BAJA...SALINAS...SANTA

     ISABEL...LOIZA...RIO GRANDE AND TOA BAJA



AT 4:55 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN 

EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON DID NOT 

MATERIALIZE...AND FLASH FLOODING DOES NOT APPEAR IMMINENT IN THE 

SHORT TERM. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS THEREFORE BEEN 

DISCONTINUED.



LOW LEVEL MOISTURE NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS DID NOT MAKE IT TO PUERTO RICO DURING THE DAY...BUT 

WAS ABSORBED BY THE LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING SOUTH OF 

ST CROIX ALL DAY. HOWEVER...SATELLITE IMAGERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON 

SHOWED ABUNDANT CLOUDINESS AND MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE LEEWARD 

ISLANDS AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO PUERTO RICO LATE TONIGHT. THE 

UPPER LEVEL TROUGH RESPONSIBLE FOR VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS 

THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT 24 

HOURS...AND COMBINE WITH THIS INCOMING MOISTURE FOR A VERY ACTIVE 

WEATHER DAY ON SATURDAY. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES MAY LIKELY BECOME 

NECESSARY AGAIN LATE TONIGHT OR SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.



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