Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS JSJ

Issued

May 7, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 2001, 12:15 PM CDT

In force

18 hr

Issued by

NWS JSJ

Area

Whole counties

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WGCA52 TJSJ 072304
FFWJSJ
VIC010-080115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
715 PM AST MON MAY 7 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ISLAND
  IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
     ST CROIX

* UNTIL 915 PM AST

* AT 700 PM AST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
CONTINUE AFFECTING ST CROIX IN THE NEXT HOUR. DUE TO THE PREVIOUS
RAIN...THE GROUND ACROSS THE ISLAND REMAINS SATURATED AND ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 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.

MELENDEZ

NWS JSJ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 7, 2:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
400 PM AST MON MAY 6 2001

WILL CANCELED THE FFA FOR PUERTO RICO AS MOST OF THE RAINFALL
CONTINUED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND OVER THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
DURING MOST OF THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...WILL MAINTAIN
THE FFA FOR THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FOR AS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED. WILL KEEP HIGH PROBABILITY OF RAIN FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND SOUTH AND EAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO TONIGHT AS WIND
FLOW CONTINUES FORM THE SOUTH AND DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE
SYSTEM. A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR
WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD IN THE MID AT HIGH
LEVELS.

EQUIPMENT: NO PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME.

.SJU...
.PR...NONE.
.VI...FFA PRZALL TIL 02Z.

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WRITTEN TEXT FORECASTS (IN ENGLISH OR SPANISH)...SATELLITE IMAGERY
...DOPPLER RADAR DATA...AND A VIRTUAL LIBRARY OF WEATHER INFORMATION
CAN BE FOUND AT THE NWS SAN JUAN WEB SITES AT:

HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU (ALL LOWER CASE).

    OR

HTTP://WWW.UPR.CLU.EDU/NWS (ALL LOWER CASE).

Flash Flood Warnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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