Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS JSJ

October 19, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 19, 2000, 2:58 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
Oct 19, 2000, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Oct 20, 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 192005
FFWJSJ
PRC013-017-039-054-091-101-145-192130-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
358 PM AST THU OCT 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     MANATI
     ARECIBO
     VEGA BAJA
     FLORIDA
     MOROVIS
     BARCELONETA
     CIALES

* UNTIL 530 PM AST

* AT 355 PM AST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
AND HAIL OVER THE WARNING AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING WEST AT 5 TO
10 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAIN NEAR 3 INCHES OF REPORTED IN CIALES.

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

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.
MV


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The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 3:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ17 hr
Oct 19, 4:40 PM 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.