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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1015 PM AST TUE APR 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE 



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

   IN PUERTO RICO

     DORADO

     TOA ALTA

     BAYAMON

     TOA BAJA



AT 10 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED A 

FEW HOURS AGO ACROSS THIS FORMER WARNING AREA...AND WATER LEVELS OF 

LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE LOWERING SIGNIFICANTLY...AND FLOOD 

WATERS HAD RECEDED. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 



HOWEVER...THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. ALL THIS 

RAINWATER IS FLOWING THROUGH THE MAIN RIVER SYSTEMS TONIGHT... 

CAUSING SIGNIFICANT RIVER RISES. SOME RIVERS MAY FLOW OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS OVERNIGHT.



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