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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS JSJ

June 17, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2001, 1:41 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 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 17, 2001, 1:41 PM CDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2001, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 171842
FFWJSJ
PRC023-067-081-083-093-097-121-125-172130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
241 PM AST SUN JUN 17 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     MARICAO
     HORMIGUEROS
     LAS MARIAS
     MAYAGUEZ
     LARES
     SAN GERMAN
     CABO ROJO
     SABANA GRANDE

* UNTIL 530 PM AST

* AT 235 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND ARE NEARLY
STATIONARY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2
AND 3 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.

  THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WITHIN
  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 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 12:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 hr
Jun 17, 4:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 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.