Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS JSJ

Issued

May 1, 2001, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)

Expired

May 2, 2001, 12:30 PM CDT

In force

18 hr

Issued by

NWS JSJ

Area

Whole counties

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PRC037-053-103-020130-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
709 PM AST TUE MAY 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES IN
  NORTHEAST PUERTO RICO

     CEIBA...FAJARDO...NAGUABO

* UNTIL 930 PM AST

* AT 704 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A NEARLY
STATIONARY BAND OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...
SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM CEIBA AND NAGUABO
NORTH-NORTHEAST THROUGH FAJARDO. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 2 TO
3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE
400 PM AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. AT 656 PM...CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED
THAT THE RIO BLANCO IN FAJARDO WAS ALMOST OUT OF ITS BANKS AND THE
RIO FAJARDO WAS VERY HIGH...WITH BOTH RIVER LEVELS RISING.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY RESULT
IN FLASH AND RIVER FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS
BEEN REPORTED. MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
FLOODED ROADS AND AREAS...AS YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE MIGHT BE SWEPT
AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AND TAKE THE
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOUR AREA. IN
ADDITION...MUDSLIDES AND LANDSLIDES ARE LIKELY OVER AREAS OF STEEP
TERRAIN.

SEELEY/RIVERA

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

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