Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS JSJ

May 17, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2000, 11:13 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 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 17, 2000, 11:13 AM CDT (16:13 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2000, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 171625
FFWJSJ
PRC095-109-129-151-172130-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1213 PM AST WED MAY 17 2000

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
   WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM AST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

* FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES IN PUERTO RICO...
     SAN LORENZO...MAUNABO...YABUCOA AND PATILLAS

* FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...
    RIO GUAYANES...RIO CAYAGUAS...RIO MAUNABO...HEADWATERS OF RIO
    GRANDE DE LOIZA...AND ALL THEIR TRIBUTARIES

* AT 1158 AM AST RIVER LEVEL SENSORS INDICATED THAT THE WATER LEVELS
WERE RAPIDLY RISING AND REACHING FLOOD STAGE.

* DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER THE HEADWATERS OF
THESE RIVER BASINS WITH ACCUMULATIONS REACHING UP TO 5 INCHES LOCALLY.

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

FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAUT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED. RIVER RISES WILL OCCUR RAPIDLY.  BE READY TO MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUNDS AND AVOID CROSSING OVERFLOWN RIVERS.

MELENDEZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 16, 11:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	10 hr
May 17, 11:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	22 hr
May 17, 3:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2000 Every 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.