Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS JSJ

May 10, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 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 10, 2001, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2001, 10:15 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 102112
FFWJSJ
PRC003-005-011-099-112315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
515 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
     MOCA
     ANASCO
     AGUADILLA
     AGUADA

* UNTIL 715 PM AST

* AT 510 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION RIO CULEBRINAS
  CONTINUED TO RISE AND WILL LIKELY GO OUT OF ITS BANKS IN THE NEXT
  HOUR. THIS 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 3:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
May 10, 4:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2001Every 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.