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WGCA72 TJSJ 132047

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PRC009-019-043-075-107-113-123-133-149-132200-



BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

445 PM AST THU NOV 13 2003



...MORE HEAVY RAINFALL TO AFFECT AREAS FROM PONCE TO SALINAS...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO 

THROUGH 600 THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN THROUGH 600 PM WILL 

AFFECT MUCH OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL COAST OF PUERTO RICO...ESPECIALLY 

IN AREAS BETWEEN PONCE AND SALINAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 

INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS WHICH WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE 

CURRENT FLOOD SITUATION.



THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL SEND RIVERS AGAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 

THE STAGE OF RIO COMERIO AS OF 430 PM WAS 9.09 FEET...ONLY 0.91 

FEET BELOW ITS FLOOD STAGE. THIS RIVER WILL LIKELY GO OUT OF ITS 

BANKS AGAIN THIS EVENING...SEEK HIGHER GROUND



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