Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS JSJ

May 11, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2000, 3:22 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
May 11, 2000, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2000, 9:00 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 112025
FFWJSJ

PRC127-033-143-145-051-057-123-133-043-075-035-009-
103-089-119-053-037-101-061-021-137-131-081-013-023-
129-095-151-141-001-112200-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
422 PM AST THU MAY 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
   SAN JUAN          DORADO               SAN SEBASTIAN
   CATANO            GUAYAMA              LARES
   VEGA ALTA         SALINAS              UTUADO
   TOA BAJA          SANTA ISABEL         ARECIBO
   VEGA BAJA         COAMO                ADJUNTAS
   BAYAMON           JUANA DIAZ           CABO ROJO
   GUAYNABO          CAYEY                SAN LORENZO
   MOROVIS           AIBONITO             MAUNABO
   CEIBA             NAGUABO              YABUCOA
   FAJARDO           LUQUILLO
   RIO GRANDE

* UNTIL 600 PM AST

* AT 410 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS MOST OF THE ISLAND. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH 600 PM. SOILS ACROSS MOST OF PUERTO RICO HAVE BECOME
SATURATED AND RIVERS CONTINUE TO RISE.

THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN COMBINED AND
EXTENDED THROUGH 600 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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 11:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ17 hr
May 11, 11:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
May 11, 11:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
May 11, 11:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
May 11, 12:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
May 11, 1:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
May 11, 2:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
May 11, 5:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 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.