Alert archive / U.S. Virgin Islands / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS JSJ

August 22, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2000, 6:10 PM 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
Aug 22, 2000, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2000, 3:00 PM 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 230010
FFWJSJ
VIC010>030-230400-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
710 PM AST TUE AUG 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ISLANDS IN THE U.S. VIRGIN
  ISLANDS
     ST THOMAS
     ST JOHNS
     ST CROIX

* UNTIL 1200 AM AST WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* AT 800 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THAT A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
CONTINUES MOVING NORTH ACROSS ALL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. RADAR
RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOWED THAT NEAR THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN
OVER WESTERN ST CROIX DURING THE PAST HOUR.  FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
IS OCCURRING OVER ST THOMAS AND ST CROIX TONIGHT. THEREFORE...A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE ISLAND OF ST
CROIX...AND EXTENDED FOR ST THOMAS AND ST JOHN UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

IF YOU LIVE IN OR ARE VISITING THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT...YOU SHOULD
NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS AND AREAS...AS YOU AND YOUR
VEHICLE MIGHT BE SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS. STAY AWAY FROM RISING
CREEKS AND GUTS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AND TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD
FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOUR AREA. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL
CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.

ROCHE

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.