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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS JSJ

September 4, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2000, 1:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 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 4, 2000, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
Expired: Sep 5, 2000, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 041837
FFWJSJ
PRC039-141-101-054-013-032000-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
235 PM AST MON SEP 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES...

  IN PUERTO RICO

     NORTHERN CIALES
     NORTHEASTERN UTUADO
     FLORIDA
     ARECIBO
     MOROVIS

* UNTIL 400 PM AST

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


* AT 230 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER CENTRAL
INTERIOR SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOWED THAT NEAR
THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER NORTHERN CIALES...NORTHEAST
UTUADO...AND MOROVIS DURING THE PAST HOUR. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING
SLOWLY NORTH NORTHWEST...AND WILL AFFECT THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PART
OF UTUADO...ARECIBO...AND MANATI 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 IMMINENT OR HAS
BEEN REPORTED. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AND TAKE THE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOUR AREA.

ROCHE

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 4, 2:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		17 hr
Sep 4, 3:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		16 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2000 Every 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.