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WGCA72 TJSJ 010123

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

925 PM AST FRI MAR 31 2006



PRC143-145-010200-

VEGA ALTA-VEGA BAJA-

925 PM AST FRI MAR 31 2006



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED...



FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

IN PUERTO RICO

     VEGA ALTA AND VEGA BAJA



AT 920 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE 

SHOWERS THAT WERE AFFECTING THE FORMER WARNING AREA EARLIER THIS 

EVENING...HAD DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY OR MOVED AWAY FROM THE AREA. 

IN ADDITION...U.S.G.S. RIVER GAUGES INDICATED THAT ALTHOUGH IT WAS 

STILL ABOVE NORMAL...THE LEVELS OF RIO CIBUCO WERE BELOW FLOOD 

STAGE AND SLOWLY FALLING. NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLASH 

FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THEREFORE...THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING WAS CANCELLED. HOWEVER...NEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

MAY DEVELOP OVER THESE AREAS OVERNIGHT AND THIS COULD AGAIN RESULT 

IN FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE RIO CIBUCO. ALL RESIDENTS 

ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST 

SATURDAY.



LAT...LON 1839 6642 1840 6633 1847 6633 1848 6641



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