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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS JSJ

August 10, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2000, 12:06 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
Aug 10, 2000, 12:06 PM CDT (17:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2000, 5:00 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 101708
FFWJSJ
PRC013-101800-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
106 PM AST THU AUG 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

* UNTIL 200 PM AST

* AT 1256 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA
  ALIANZA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLORIDA...MOVING
  NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT NEAR THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
OVER THIS AREA IN THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE ACROSS ARECIBO AND THE SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES DURING
THE NEXT 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

Nearby

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Sources

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