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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS JSJ

October 22, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 22, 2000, 4:17 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 22, 2000, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired: Oct 23, 2000, 10:00 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 222117
FFWJSJ
PRC031-139-103-222300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES IN PUERTO
  RICO...

  CAROLINA...TRUJILLO ALTO...AND NAGUABO...

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

* UNTIL 700 PM AST

* AT 512 PM AST...SPOTTER REPORTS AND SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATED
THAT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUED TO AFFECT THE MUNICIPALITIES OF CAROLINA...TRUJILLO ALTO
AND NAGUABO. MINOR FLOODING WAS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THESE AREAS.
GROUNDS REMAIN AT OR NEAR SATURATION AND RIVER LEVELS WERE AT OR
NEAR BANKFULL AND RISING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING 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 AQND 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.

SEELEY/VASQUEZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 22, 2:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		17 hr
Oct 22, 3:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		18 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.