Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS JSJ

October 22, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 22, 2000, 2:08 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 22, 2000, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Oct 23, 2000, 7:30 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 221908
FFWJSJ
PRC127-222030-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
308 PM AST SUN OCT 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY
  IN PUERTO RICO
     SAN JUAN

* UNTIL 430 PM AST

* AT 300 PM AST...A RIVER SENSOR FROM THE U.S.G.S. INDICATED THAT
THE FOLLOWING RIVER...RIO PIEDRAS...IS RISING VERY RAPIDLY. THIS
RIVER WILL FLOW OUT OF ITS BANKS AT ANY MOMENT.

  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.

ROCHE

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 22, 3:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Oct 22, 4:17 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.