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WGCA72 TJSJ 270252

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PRC003-270300-



BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1047 PM AST SUN OCT 26 2003



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE IN SAN JUAN FOR AGUADA HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED BY A FLOOD 

WARNING FOR RIVER CULEBRINAS IN AGUADA UNTIL 145 AM MONDAY.  



AT 1041 PM AST A  RIVER LEVEL SENSOR INDICATED THAT THE WATER LEVELS 

AT THE COLOSO DAM WERE AT THE FLOOD STAGE OF 14.13 FEET AND STILL 

INCREASING SLOWLY.



THESE CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE RIVER FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG 

THE CULEBRINAS RIVER IN THE COLOSO VALLEY. 



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

RIVER RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING OR VERY RAPIDLY RISING

WATER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT THE WATER WILL FLOW OUT OF THE RIVER 

BANKS. MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED 

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

FLOOD WATERS.  





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