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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

640 PM AST SAT NOV 1 2003



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN 

JUAN EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6:45 PM SATURDAY EVENING



FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN PUERTO RICO

     SAN JUAN AND VICINITY...NORTHEAST...NORTH CENTRAL...            

     CENTRAL INTERIOR...AND EASTERN INTERIOR



HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST...WESTERN 

INTERIOR AND MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY...PUERTO RICO UNTIL 8 PM.



AT 6:20 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL HAD VIRTUALLY 

ENDED ACROSS EAST AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO IN THE PAST 60 

TO 90 MINUTES...ALLOWING LOCAL WATER LEVELS TO RECEDE...AND RIVER 

AND STREAM LEVELS TO BEGIN LOWERING. NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS 

ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE FORMER WATCH AREA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND 

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.



HOWEVER...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ACROSS THE 

OFF SHORE CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD 

INTO THE LOCAL ISLANDS TONIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD WATCHES 

MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO 

RICO.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR THE LATEST

INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.



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