Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS JSJ

August 22, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2000, 11:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 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, 11:35 PM CDT (04:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Area
Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 230436
FFWJSJ
PRC001-059-079-111-113-121-141-153-230800-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1235 AM AST WED AUG 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO

     GUAYANILLA
     YAUCO
     ADJUNTAS
     UTUADO
     SABANA GRANDE
     LAJAS
     PONCE
     PENUELAS

* UNTIL 400 AM AST

* AT 1230 AM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW BANDS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM SOUTH
TO NORTH ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT ONE
TO THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA SINCE 1100 PM...AND THIS WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
FLASH FLOODING AND ALSO AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOOD PROBLEMS.

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 IvN
LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM
LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.

SEELEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 7:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Aug 23, 12:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Aug 23, 3:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Aug 23, 5:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ20 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.