Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS JSJ

May 10, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2001, 3:55 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 10, 2001, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2001, 10:00 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 102053
FFWJSJ
PRC021-061-127-139-102300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
455 PM AST THU MAY 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     SAN JUAN
     BAYAMON
     GUAYNABO
     TRUJILLO ALTO

* UNTIL 700 PM AST

* AT 450 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SAN JUAN METROPOLITAN
  AREA NEARLY STATIONARY. IN ADDITION...A SPOTTER INDICATED RIO
  PUERTO NUEVO OUT OF ITS BANKS. THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
  FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.

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 CQROSS 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.

SIERRA

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 4:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		18 hr
May 10, 4:45 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.