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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS JSJ

September 24, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 24, 2000, 2:38 PM 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 24, 2000, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2000, 8:30 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 241938
FFWJSJ
PRC003-011-099-131-242130-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
338 PM AST SUN SEP 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES IN PUERTO RICO
  UNTIL 530 PM...

     MOCA...ANASCO...AGUADA...AND SAN SEBASTIAN

   THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBIUTARIES
   WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

* AT 330 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY
  STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MOCA AND ANASCO.
  RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL ACCUMULATION OF OVER 3.5 INCHES.

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
YOUb 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.

MELENDEZ

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.