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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1030 PM AST WED NOV 10 2004



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA 

AND VIEQUES. 



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN 

ISLANDS AND THEIR ADJACENT ISLANDS.



SATELLITE PHOTOS AND SAN JUAN NWS DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUE TO SHOW AN 

ELONGATED LOW PRESSURE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL AMERICA 

NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN AND ACROSS 

THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH JUST TO THE WEST OF THE 

NORTHEAST CARIBBEAN IS INTERACTING WITH THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH TO 

PRODUCE CLUSTERS OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...GRADUALLY 

SHIFTING NORTHEASTWARD. THIS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS GENERALLY 

REMAINED SOUTH OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS DURING THE PAST TWO DAYS...BUT 

HAS OCCASIONALLY SHIFTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF INDUCING LARGE AREAS OF FLASH 

FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES IS NOT EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS PUERTO 

RICO...CULEBRA OR VIEQUES OVERNIGHT...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS 

BEEN DISCONTINUED THERE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PERSIST IN THE VICINITY 

OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...AND MAY IMPACT 

THESE ISLANDS OVERNIGHT...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN 

EFFECT FOR ALL THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



ACTIVE WEATHER AND WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL AGAIN BEGIN TO AFFECT 

PUERTO RICO ON THURSDAY...BUT WILL LIKELY BE CONFINED TO THE NORTH 

COASTAL AND INTERIOR MUNICIPALITIES.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 

THE WATCH AREA...AND PERSONS ARE URGED TO KEEP ALERT FOR HEAVY 

RAINFALL...RISING WATER LEVELS...OR FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED BY 

THE NWS SAN JUAN.



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