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WGCA72 TJSJ 211711

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PRC021-061-127-135-139-211800-



BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

106 PM AST THU AUG 21 2003



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING 

MUNICIPALITIES



IN PUERTO RICO

     SAN JUAN...TOA ALTA...TRUJILLO ALTO...BAYAMON AND GUAYNABO



...UNTIL 200 PM...



AT 105 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE HEAVY RAIN FALLING 

OVER THESE AREAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS AFFECTING TOA ALTA AND 

BAYAMON. RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA CONTINUE TO RISE EXTREMELY RAPIDLY. 

THE RIO PIEDRAS RIVER HAS GONE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. ITS STAGE ROSE 

FROM 7.7 FEET AT 1230 PM ALL THE WAY TO 12.23 FEET AS OF 1245 PM. A 

RISE OF ALMOST 5 FEET IN ONLY 15 MINUTES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS 

FLOODING SITUATION  



REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS 

IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AND TAKE 

THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS AFFECT YOUR AREA. 

MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS 

AND AREAS...AS YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE MIGHT BE SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD 

WATERS. PERSONS IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FOLLOW 

INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.



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