Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS JSJ

May 17, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2000, 3:36 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 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, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2000, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Area
Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 172039
FFWJSJ
PRC113-172230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY
  IN PUERTO RICO
     INTERIOR PONCE

* THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES
     RIO CANAS

* UNTIL 630 PM AST

* AT 427 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF
  OF PONCE ...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED
  AN AREA WITH 3 INCHES OR RAIN DURING THE PAST HOUR.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS
BEEN REPORTED. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AND TAKE THE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOUR AREA. MOTORISTS AND
PEDESTRIANS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS AND AREAS...AS
YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE MIGHT BE SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS. PERSONS IN
LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM
LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.

STRIPLING

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 11:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ10 hr
May 17, 11:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ22 hr
May 17, 11:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ21 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.