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WGCA72 TJSJ 151140

FFSSJU



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

740 AM AST FRI AUG 15 2008



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JUNCOS PR-GURABO PR-SAN LORENZO PR-TRUJILLO ALTO PR-LAS PIEDRAS PR-

PATILLAS PR-MAUNABO PR-NAGUABO PR-CANOVANAS PR-CAROLINA PR-HUMACAO PR-

LOIZA PR-RIO GRANDE PR-YABUCOA PR-

740 AM AST FRI AUG 15 2008



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR YABUCOA...RIO GRANDE...

LOIZA...HUMACAO...CAROLINA...CANOVANAS...NAGUABO...MAUNABO...

PATILLAS...LAS PIEDRAS...TRUJILLO ALTO...SAN LORENZO...GURABO AND

JUNCOS MUNICIPALITIES...



AT 735 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE AFFECTING THESE MUNICIPALITIES EARLIER HAD 

DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY OR MOVED AWAY FROM THE AREA. IN ADDITION... 

RIVERS HAD RECEDED TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS. ALTHOUGH AREAS OF LIGHT TO 

LOCALLY MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORMER WARNING 

AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...THE IMMEDIATE RISK OF ANY ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



HOWEVER...NEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER 

THESE AREAS LATER THIS MORNING AND THESE COULD ONCE AGAIN PRODUCE 

HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD 

WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE MUNICIPALITIES THROUGH 400 PM THIS 

AFTERNOON.



LAT...LON 1821 6598 1848 6601 1844 6586 1826 6582

      1816 6575 1796 6585 1794 6601



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