Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS JSJ

August 23, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2000, 3:33 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
Aug 23, 2000, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2000, 10:00 PM 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 230833
FFWJSJ
PRC007-009-019-021-025-029-031-033-035-037-041-045-047-051-053-057-
061-063-069-073-077-081-085-087-089-101-103-105-107-109-119-123-127-
129-135-137-139-141-143-151-231100-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
433 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
     CEIBA
     GUAYAMA
     JUNCOS
     NARANJITO
     CATANO
     HUMACAO
     SALINAS
     BARRANQUITAS
     CAGUAS
     VEGA ALTA
     TOA ALTA
     NAGUABO
     CANOVANAS
     SAN LORENZO
     OROCOVIS
     LAS PIEDRAS
     COROZAL
     CAYEY
     SAN JUAN
     CIDRA
     TOA BAJA
     GURABO
     BAYAMON
     FAJARDO
     GUAYNABO
     MOROVIS
     CAROLINA
     LUQUILLO
     TRUJILLO ALTO
     LOIZA
     RIO GRANDE
     AGUAS BUENAS
     DORADO
     AIBONITO
     COMERIO
     YABUCOA
     PATILLAS
     LARES
     UTUADO
     JAYUYA

* UNTIL 700 AM AST

* AT 425 AM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING FROM THE
  SOUTHEAST TO THE NORTHWEST ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN THIRD AND
  CENTRAL AND WESTERN INTERIOR OF PUERTO RICO ...PRODUCING RAINFALL
  RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR. SOILS ARE VERY WET AND RIVERS
  LEVELS HIGH ACROSS THIS AREA.

  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 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.

DIEHL

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 22, 11:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Aug 23, 12:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 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.