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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS JSJ

May 19, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2000, 2:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 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 19, 2000, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2000, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 191938
FFWJSJ
PRC057-109-015-095-151-192100-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
335 PM AST FRI MAY 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
    GUAYAMA...YABACOA...ARROYO...PATILLAS...MANUABO

* UNTIL 500 PM AST

* AT 330 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST COASTAL
MUNICIPALITEIS OF PUERTO RICO. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED 2 TO 4
INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 200 PM.

* THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WITHIN
THE WARNING AREA.

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 TROADS 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.

$$
MV

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.