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WGCA72 TJSJ 211804

FFSSJU

PRC021-061-127-135-139-211900-



BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

200 PM AST THU AUG 21 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...



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



AT 153 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH 

AFFECTED THESE AREAS EARLIER HAS MOVED AWAY FROM THE AREA. 

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED FURTHER EAST...AND 

THESE MAY MOVE INTO PARTS OF THE SAN JUAN AREA AGAIN LATER THIS 

AFTERNOON...POSING AN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD RISK. ANOTHER FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON...SHOULD 

HEAVY RAINFALL REGENERATE ACROSS THESE SAME AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY 

RECEIVED SO MUCH RAINFALL. 



PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO REMAIN ALERT FOR LINGERING WATER ON THE 

ROADWAYS AND HIGH STREAM OR RIVER LEVELS. RIVER LEVELS ARE NOW BELOW 

FLOOD STAGE...BUT CONTINUE HIGH ACROSS THE AREA.



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