Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS JSJ

November 2, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 2, 2000, 3:58 PM CST. 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
Nov 2, 2000, 3:58 PM CST (21:58 UTC)
Expired
Nov 3, 2000, 9:30 AM CST
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 022201
FFWJSJ
PRC029-031-087-127-139-022330-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
558 PM AST THU NOV 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CANOVANAS
     SAN JUAN
     CAROLINA
     TRUJILLO ALTO
     LOIZA

* UNTIL 730 PM AST

* AT 550 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SAN JUAN METROPOLITAN
AREA. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO THE EAST TO CAROLINA AND TRUJILLO ALTO
IN THE NEXT HOUR AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

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.

15

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 2, 2:32 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ17 hr
Nov 2, 2:32 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Nov 2, 3:17 PM CSTFlash 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.