Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS JSJ

May 11, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2000, 11:18 AM 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 11, 2000, 11:18 AM CDT (16:18 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2000, 5:00 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 111620
FFWJSJ
PRC021-033-051-061-101-127-137-143-145-111800-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1218 PM AST THU MAY 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED AND EXPANDED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CATANO
     VEGA ALTA
     SAN JUAN
     TOA BAJA
     VEGA BAJA
     BAYAMON
     GUAYNABO
     MOROVIS
     DORADO

* UNTIL 200 PM AST

* AT 1214 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING ALONG MUCH OF NORTH
  COASTAL PUERTO RICO. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES TWO TO THREE INCHES
  OF 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 11, 11:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ17 hr
May 11, 11:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
May 11, 11:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
May 11, 12:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
May 11, 1:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
May 11, 2:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
May 11, 3:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
May 11, 5:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 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.