Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS JSJ

October 19, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 19, 2000, 4:40 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, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: Oct 20, 2000, 10:30 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 192146
FFWJSJ
PRC011-083-081-093-001-073-141-013-131-099-003-125-067-023-097-121-
192330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ALL MUNICIPALITIES ALONG OR NEAR THE
  RIO CULEBRINAS...RIO ARECIBO...RIO ANASCO AND RIO GUANAJIBO...

* UNTIL 730 PM AST

* AT 540 PM AST...USGS RIVER GAUGES INDICATED THAT THE RIVERS IN THE
  WARNING WERE AT OR NEAR BANKFULL AND ARE EXPECTED TO GO OVER ITS
  BANKS.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 19, 2:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		18 hr
Oct 19, 3:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		17 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2000 Every 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.