Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS JSJ

May 11, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2000, 11:30 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, 11:30 AM CDT (16:30 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2000, 5:30 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 111633
FFWJSJ
PRC037-053-089-103-119-111830-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1230 PM AST THU MAY 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CEIBA
     NAGUABO
     FAJARDO
     LUQUILLO
     RIO GRANDE

* UNTIL 230 PM AST

* AT 1225 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER RIO GRANDE AND EL
  YUNQUE...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES TWO TO
  THREE INCH RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS EL YUNQUE.


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 YOU9R VEHICLE MIGHT BE SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS. PERSONS IN
LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND. STAY AWAY FROM LOCAL
RIVERS AND STREAMS. 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, 11:18 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.