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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

632 PM AST SAT DEC 6 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM FOR THE 

MUNICIPALITIES OF DORADO...CAGUAS...CIDRA...CAYEY...COROZAL...     

COMERIO...AIBONITO...AGUAS BUENAS...ARROYO...BARRANQUITAS...JUNCOS...

GURABO...PATILLAS...MAUNABO...NARANJITO...TOA ALTA...SAN LORENZO...

YABUCOA...LAS PIEDRAS...BAYAMON...GUAYAMA...HUMACAO...SALINAS...TOA 

BAJA AND NAGUABO HAS EXPIRED...



AT 630 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW OCCASIONAL BANDS 

OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN 

WATERS AND THEN MOVING NORTH ACROSS PUERTO RICO. HOWEVER...THESE 

BANDS WERE MOVING QUICKLY AND WERE THEREFORE ONLY PRODUCING BRIEF 

BURSTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. AT 620 PM...ALTHOUGH U.S.G.S. RIVER GAUGES 

SHOWED THAT RIO DE LA PLATA...RIO BAYAMON...RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA... 

RIO CIBUCO AND OTHER RIVERS REMAINED AT WELL ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS... 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NO FLOODING PROBLEMS 

ANYWHERE WITHIN THE FORMER WARNING AREA AND THE IMMEDIATE LIKELIHOOD 

OF ANY SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.       



HOWEVER...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY 

RAINFALL...ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT PARTS OF PUERTO RICO LATER TONIGHT 

AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND THESE MAY AGAIN RESULT 

IN ADDITIONAL FLASH AND RIVER FLOODING. THEREFORE...A FLASH FLOOD 

WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF 

PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES.  



RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF ALL OF PUERTO RICO ARE URGED TO CONTINUE 

TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AND BE READY FOR 

QUICK ACTION SHOULD WEATHER CONDITIONS WARRANT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA 

WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON 

THIS WEATHER SITUATION.



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