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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS JSJ

May 8, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2001, 4:15 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 8, 2001, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2001, 10:30 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 082116
FFWJSJ
PRC029-021-031-033-061-087-127-139-082330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED AND EXPANDED
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 730 PM...

* FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
     CATANO
     CANOVANAS
     SAN JUAN
     CAROLINA
     TRUJILLO ALTO
     LOIZA

* TO ALSO INCLUDE THE MUNICIPALITIES OF
     GUAYNABO
     BAYAMON

* AT 500 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NARANJITO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SAN JUAN
METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH LOIZA MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 15 MPH.
WATER LEVELS OF RIO PUERTO NUEVO IN RIO PIEDRAS CONTINUES RISING
RAPIDLY TOWARD FLOOD STAGE. CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED PREVIOUSLY 4
HOUSES IN TRUJILLO ALTO FLOODED.

THE TERRAIN OVER THESE MUNICIPALITIES ARE SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREETS...CREEKS...RIVERS AND
TRIBUTARIES AT LEAST THROUGH 730 PM TONIGHT.

IF YOU LIVE NEAR OR ARE PASSING THROUGH THE WARNING AREA 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. FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.

ROCHE

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 1:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	17 hr
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

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.