Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS JSJ

October 19, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 19, 2000, 3:35 PM 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
Oct 19, 2000, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
Oct 20, 2000, 8:30 AM 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 192043 COR
FFWSJU
PRC023-067-097-125-192130-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...COR
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
435 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
     HORMIGUEROS
     MAYAGUEZ
     SAN GERMAN
     CABO ROJO

* UNTIL 530 PM AST

* AT 430 PM AST...SATELLITE IMAGES AND SPOTTERER REPORTS INDICATED A 
THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING WEST ACROSS HORMIQUEROS AT 
5 MILES PER HOUR PRODUCING RAINFALL TOTALS OF AROUND 3-5 INCHES PER 
HOUR. 

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.

TIRADO

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 2:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 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.