Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS JSJ

September 17, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 17, 2000, 7:49 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
Sep 17, 2000, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 2000, 2:45 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 180051
FFWJSJ
PRC015-043-057-075-109-123-133-149-180345-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
849 PM AST SUN SEP 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     GUAYAMA
     SALINAS
     SANTA ISABEL
     VILLALBA
     COAMO
     JUANA DIAZ
     ARROYO
     PATILLAS

* UNTIL 1145 PM AST

* AT 841 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG
  THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO
  PRODUCING RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN TWO INCHES. THIS
  RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

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.

15

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 8:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Sep 17, 10:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Sep 18, 12:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ17 hr
Sep 18, 6:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Sep 18, 8:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 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.