Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS JSJ

September 18, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 2000, 8:45 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
Sep 18, 2000, 8:45 AM CDT (13:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2000, 2:45 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 181347
FFWJSJ
PRC057-075-113-123-133-181545-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
945 AM AST MON SEP 18 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
     PONCE
     JUANA DIAZ

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

* UNTIL 1145 AM AST

* AT 945 AM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.
HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT HAVE LEFT SOILS SATURATED...WITH MOST RIVER
AND STREAM LEVELS VERY HIGH OR NEAR BANKFULL AND WILL REACT RAPIDLY
TO ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.

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. FOLLMOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM
LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.

TIRADO

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, 12:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ17 hr
Sep 18, 6:45 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.