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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS JSJ

September 18, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 2000, 12:42 AM 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 18, 2000, 12:42 AM CDT (05:42 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 2000, 6:00 PM 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 180543
FFWJSJ
PRC043-057-059-075-111-113-123-133-149-180700-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
142 AM AST MON SEP 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED IN TIME

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

* UNTIL 300 AM AST

* AT 130 AM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF
STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY CONTINUING ACROSS
THE WESTERN HALF OF THE WARNING AREA. THIS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. MANY RIVERS
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA REMAIN AT OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...AND WATER
LEVELS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECEDE SIGNIFICANTLY FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.

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.

SS

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 7:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Sep 17, 8:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Sep 17, 10:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 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.