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WGCA72 TJSJ 180041

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PRC069-085-095-151-180130-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

828 PM AST FRI SEP 17 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM FOR THE 

FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES IN PUERTO RICO

     MAUNABO

     YABUCOA

     LAS PIEDRAS

     HUMACAO



.HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... 



AT 0825 PM...THE WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY THAT WERE AFFECTING THE FORMER 

WARNING AREA EARLIER THIS EVENING HAD DISSIPATED OR MOVED AWAY FROM 

THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A PASSING SHOWER OR SOME LIGHT RAIN IS STILL 

POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS....NO ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



HOWEVER...RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR... 

ANY LEFTOVER FLOODED ROADS OR OTHER LOW LYING AREAS UNTIL THE WATER 

RECEDES. IN ADDITION...ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS BEEN 

REMOVED...SEVERAL RIVERS...AND STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA REMAIN AT 

HIGH LEVELS OR NEAR BANKFULL. RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO STAY AWAY FROM

FROM THESE AREAS UNTIL THE WATER LEVELS RETURN TO NORMAL. DUE TO 

UNSTABLE SOIL CONDITIONS...LANDSLIDES STILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS 

THESE AREAS.   I



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