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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1025 AM AST WED NOV 12 2003



THE VARIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR PUERTO RICO HAVE BEEN COMBINED 

AND EXPANDED AND NOW INCLUDE ALL MUNICIPALITIES EAST OF A LINE FROM 

CATANO SOUTHWEST TO NARANJITO TO JUANA DIAZ.



AT 1025 AM AST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND 

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. 

SATURATED TERRAINS HAVE PRODUCED RAPID RISES IN RIVER LEVELS AND 

THEIR TRIBUTARIES. FLOODING AND LAND SLIDES HAVE BEEN REPORTED 

ACROSS MANY LOCATIONS OF PUERTO RICO. 



NORTHERLY SWELLS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WILL HINDER THE FLOW OF THE 

RIVERS INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN ALONG THE NORTH COAST. HIGH TIDE WILL 

OCCUR AT 1130 AM THIS MORNING AND FLOOD SLIDES WHICH WILL FURTHER 

AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION.



THE TERRAINS ACROSS MOST OF PUERTO RICO ARE SATURATED...KEEP AWAY 

FROM ALL RIVERS OR THEIR TRIBUTARIES...THEY WILL REACT QUICK TO 

RAINFALL UPSTREAM. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO 

MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF PUERTO 

RICO WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL AREAS BEING ADDED TO THE 

WARNING.

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