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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS JSJ

September 29, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 29, 2000, 2:27 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 29, 2000, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2000, 8:00 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 291935 COR
FFWSJU

PRC013-027-065-081-115-292100-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
327 PM AST FRI SEP 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     HATILLO
     ARECIBO
     QUEBRADILLAS
     CAMUY
     LARES

* UNTIL 500 PM AST

* AT 325 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED   
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM QUEBRADILLAS...EAST TO 
ARECIBO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES 
SHOWED THAT NEAR THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER NORTHERN 
LARES AND SOUTHERN CAMUY DURING THE PAST HOUR. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS 
ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 430 PM. 

IF YOU LIVE IN OR ARE DRIVING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS 
AFTERNOON...AVOID CROSSING FLOODED ROADS AND AREAS...AS YO-U AND YOUR 
VEHICLE MIGHT BE SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS. EVACUATE TO HIGHER 
GROUND AND TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS 
THREATEN YOUR AREA. STAY AWAY FROM RISING RIVERS AND CREEKS. 

ROCHE

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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.