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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS JSJ

October 24, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 24, 2000, 12:02 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 24, 2000, 12:02 PM CDT (17:02 UTC)
Expired: Oct 25, 2000, 5:00 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 241703
FFWJSJ
PRC021-031-033-051-061-087-127-135-137-139-143-241900-


BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
102 PM AST TUE OCT 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CATANO
     VEGA ALTA
     TOA ALTA
     SAN JUAN
     TOA BAJA
     BAYAMON
     GUAYNABO
     CAROLINA
     TRUJILLO ALTO
     LOIZA
     DORADO

* UNTIL 200 PM AST

* AT 1246 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THE SAN JUAN METROPOLITAN AREA...WEST TO VEGA
ALTA. NEAR FOUR INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA. THERE IS A THREAT THAT MOST RIVER ACROSS THE WARNING AREA
BECOME OUT OF ITS BANKS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ESPECIALLY
THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...RIO PUERTO NUEVO...RIO CIBUCO...RIO LA
PLATA...AND RIO BAYAMON.

  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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 24, 12:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		18 hr
Oct 24, 2:09 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.