Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS JSJ

May 6, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2001, 3:33 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: May 6, 2001, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2001, 10:30 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 062035 CCA
FFWJSJ
PRC023-067-079-153-121-125-062330-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
433 PM AST SUN MAY 6 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES IN
  SOUTHWEST PUERTO RICO

     YAUCO...SABANA GRANDE...CABO ROJO...LAJAS...SAN
GERMAN...HORMIGUEROS.

* UNTIL 730 AM AST

* AT 425 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED SHOWING NUMEROUS
SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN THE
MONA PASSAGE MOVING INLAND ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO
RICO. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER LAJAS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD SLOWLY EAST NORTHEAST TO AFFECT
YAUCO...SABANA GRANDE...SAN GERMAN...HORMIGUEROS THROUGH 730 PM.

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. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AND TAKE THE
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOUR AREA. IN
ADDITION...MUDSLIDES AND LANDSLIDES ARE LIKELY OVER AREAS OF STEEP
TERRAIN.

ROCHE

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 6, 3:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	7 hr
May 6, 6:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
May 6, 6:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
May 6, 6:18 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.