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WGCA72 TJSJ 271808

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

208 PM AST SAT OCT 27 2007



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SAINT JOHN VI-SAINT THOMAS VI-

208 PM AST SAT OCT 27 2007



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 200 PM AST FOR SAINT THOMAS 

AND SAINT JOHN AND THE ADJACENT SMALLER ISLANDS...



AT 203 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE 

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE AFFECTING THESE ISLANDS 

EARLIER HAD WEAKENED OR MOVED AWAY FROM THE AREA. ALTHOUGH AREAS OF 

LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE 

FORMER WARNING AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...THE

IMMEDIATE RISK OF ANY PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL OR NEW FLASH 

FLOODING HAS TEMPORARILY ENDED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP 

ACROSS THE NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS BY THIS EVENING OR DURING 

TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS 

COULD ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. FOR THIS REASON...A FLASH 

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

THROUGH 400 AM SUNDAY MORNING.



THUS...ALL LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ARE URGED TO CONTINUE TO 

CLOSELY MONITOR THE LOCAL WEATHER DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS 

AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IN 

CASE FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.     



LAT...LON 1836 6465 1826 6474 1827 6498 1831 6503

      1843 6507 1844 6503 1840 6500 1843 6498

TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 180DEG 0KT 1834 6490



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