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Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS JSJ

October 23, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 23, 2000, 3:17 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 23, 2000, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired: Oct 24, 2000, 9:15 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 232017
FFWJSJ
PRC145-143-047-232215-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
417 PM AST MON OCT 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

  VEGA BAJA...VEGA ALTA...AND COROZAL...

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES RIO CIBUCO...AND ALL OTHER RIVERS...
STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

* UNTIL 615 PM AST

* AT 405 PM...A SPOTTER LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF VEGA BAJA
REPORTED 3.25 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE PAST HOUR AND IT
CONTINUED TO RAIN. SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS
THE WARNING AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 515 PM...WITH RUNOFF CONTINUING
THEREAFTER. USGS RIVER GAUGES INDICATED THAT RIO CIBUCO WAS RISING
QUICKLY AND MAY GO OUT OF ITS BANKS. GROUNDS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA
REMAIN AT OR NEAR SATURATION AND OTHER RIVER LEVELS WERE ALREADY AT
OR NEAR BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. MUDSLIDES AND
LANDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

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. STAY AWAY FROM RISING
RIVERS.C..CREEKS AND STREAMS.

SEELEY/COLON/VASQUEZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 23, 4:54 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.