Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS JSJ

October 20, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 20, 2000, 4:26 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 20, 2000, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
Oct 21, 2000, 9:00 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 202130
FFWJSJ
PRC023-067-097-125-202200-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
526 PM AST FRI OCT 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     HORMIGUEROS
     EXTREME SOUTH SECTIONS OF MAYAGUEZ
     EXTREME WEST SECTIONS OF SAN GERMAN
     NORTHERN HALF OF CABO ROJO

* UNTIL 600 PM AST

* AT 523 PM AST...AN AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR OVER HORMIGUEROS.
  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH AND WILL MOVE THE
  COASTAL WATERS BY 600 PM.


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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 7:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ20 hr
Oct 19, 8:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Oct 19, 9:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ20 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.