Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS JSJ

May 16, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2000, 11:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2000, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2000, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Area
Whole counties

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 171609
FFWJSJ
PRC037-053-069-085-089-103-119-171900-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1200 AM AST WED MAY 17 2000

* THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A FLASH
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE

* UNTIL 530 PM AST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES...

IN PUERTO RICO
     CEIBA...NORTHEASTERN HUMACAO...NAGUABO...NORTHEASTERN LAS
     PIEDRAS...FAJARDO...LUQUILLO AND SOUTHEASTERN RIO GRANDE

FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...
    RIO FAJARDO...RIO ESPIRITU SANTO...RIO MAMEYES...RIO BLANCO...
    RIO PITAHAYA...RIO HUMACAO...RIO HERRERA...AND ALL THEIR
    TRIBUTARIES

*  AT 1128 AM AST RIVER LEVEL SENSORS INDICATED THAT WATER LEVELS
WERE RAPIDLY RISING AND APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE.  ADDITIONAL LEVEL
INCREASES WILL CONTINUE AS THE RAIN CONTINUES.

*  DOPPLER RADAR CONITNUES TO SHOW RAIN FALLING OVER THE HEADWATERS
OF THESE RIVER BASINS WITH RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS REACHING BETWEEN 5
AND 6 INCHES IN THE PAST THREE HOURS.

*  THESE CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS ALONG THESE
RIVERS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED. RIVER RISES WILL OCCUR RAPIDLY.

MELENDEZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 11:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ22 hr
May 17, 11:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ21 hr
May 17, 3:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.