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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS JSJ

November 12, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 12, 2000, 1:41 PM CST. 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: Nov 12, 2000, 1:41 PM CST (19:41 UTC)
Expired: Nov 13, 2000, 6:45 AM CST
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 121944
FFWJSJ
PRC043-122045-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
341 PM AST SUN NOV 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

* UNTIL 445 PM AST

* AT 332 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER
OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE MUNICIPALITY OF
COAMO. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. A RAIN GAUGE IN COAMO
INDICATED 2.72 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 230 PM.

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 HIGHE;R GROUND. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM
LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.
$$
MV

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.