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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS JSJ

September 3, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 2000, 1:28 PM 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
Sep 3, 2000, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2000, 7:00 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 031834 COR
FFWSJU
PRC065-027-115-071-032000-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED IN CODES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
228 PM AST SUN SEP 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES...
  
  IN PUERTO RICO
     
     HATILLO
     CAMUY 
     QUEBRADILLAS
     ISABELA  

* UNTIL 400 PM AST

* THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WITHIN  
THE WARNING AREA.


* AT 223 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER HATILLO AND 
CAMUY. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOWED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
FALLEN OVER CAMUY DURING THE PAST HOUR. THIS ACTIVITY IS SPREADING 
NORTH AND WEST...AND WILL AFFECT THE MUNICIPALITIES OF QUEBRADILLAS 
...ISABELA...AND HATILLO THROUGH 400 PM.  

IF YOU LIVE IN OR ARE PASSING THROUGH THE WARNING AREA...YOU SHOULD 
AVOID CROSSING FLOODED ROADS AND ALLOWED EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR 
DESTINATION. REMEMBER...CARS CAN EASILY STALL IN WATERS AND BE 
CARRIED AWAY BY ANY CURRENT. 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS I,MMINENT OR HAS 
BEEN REPORTED. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AND TAKE THE NECESSARY 
PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOUR AREA. 

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.