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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS JSJ

June 3, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2001, 3:20 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: Jun 3, 2001, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2001, 8:15 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 032020
FFWJSJ
PRC001-081-083-131-032115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
420 PM AST SUN JUN 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     SAN SEBASTIAN
     LAS MARIAS
     LARES
     ADJUNTAS

* UNTIL 515 PM AST

* AT 410 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER LARES AND ADJUNTAS. RAINGAGES IN LARES REPORTED 2.13 INCHES IN
ONE HOUR. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE MUNICIPALITY OF
LARES AND ADJUNTAS...AND WILL DRIFT WEST TO AFFECT THE
MUNICIPALITIES OF SAN SEBASTIAN...AND LAS MARIAS THROUGH 515 PM.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL OCCUR ALONG RIVERS...CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS
AND AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

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.  FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE
OR LAW OFFICIALS.

ROCHE

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.