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WGCA72 TJSJ 181855

FFSSJU

PRC013-182000-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

300 PM AST WED AUG 18 2004



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING

MUNICIPALITY



IN PUERTO RICO

     ARECIBO



...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



A T250 PM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION 

WHICH HAD OCCURRED ACROSS ARECIBO HAD DISSIPATED. THEREFORE...THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ARECIBO IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.



ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO 

REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY LINGERING WATER ON THE ROADWAYS AND HIGH STREAM 

OR RIVER LEVELS.



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