Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS JSJ

May 8, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2001, 1:21 PM CDT. 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: May 8, 2001, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2001, 6:25 AM CDT
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 081826
FFWJSJ
PRC029-031-033-087-127-139-081925-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
221 PM AST TUE MAY 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

* UNTIL 325 PM AST

* AT 213 PM AST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNING AREA PRODUCING PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL. THIS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF FLASH
FLOODING IN THEIR PATH. RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES IN THE WARNING
AREA WILL REACT RAPIDLY DUE TO PREVIOUS DAYS RAIN. IF YOU LEAVE NEAR
OR ARE PASSING THROUGH THE WARNING AREA STAY AWAY FROM ANY AREA
WHERE WATER LEVELS ARE RISING...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

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.

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 082002
PRC029-031-033-087-127-139-082100-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
400 PM AST TUE MAY 8 2001

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 325 PM THIS AFTERNOON
EXPIRED AND WAS REPLACED BY A NEW WARNING TO BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 515
PM FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES OF...

     CATANO
     CANOVANAS
     SAN JUAN
     CAROLINA
     TRUJILLO ALTO
     LOIZA



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The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 2:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
May 8, 2:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
May 8, 3:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	20 hr
May 8, 4:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2001 Every flash flood warning in 2001

Sources

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