Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000

Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS JSJ

May 11, 2000

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2000, 5:20 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 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, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2000, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Area
Whole counties

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 112226 COR
FFWJSJ
PRC151-095-120100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES IN PUERTO RICO

   YABUCOA
   MAUNABO

* UNTIL 900 PM AST

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PROVIDED 2 TO 6 INCHES OF HEAVY RAINFALL
  WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THE RUNOFF
  WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD THE RIO GUAYANES AND ITS TRIBUTARIES...AS
  WELL AS ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THIS RIVER...THROUGH AT
  LEAST 900 PM THIS EVENING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. 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.

MV/BCS

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, 3:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr

Nearby

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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.