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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS JSJ

June 28, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2001, 10:57 AM 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: Jun 28, 2001, 10:57 AM CDT (15:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2001, 5:00 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 281608
FFWJSJ
PRC021-061-127-281800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1157 AM AST THU JUN 28 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

* UNTIL 200 PM AST

* AT 1155 AM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM PROVIDING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SECTORS OF
SOUTHERN SAN JUAN...CENTRAL GUAYNABO AND NORTH BAYAMON. A GAUGE
ALONG RIO PIEDRAS SHOWED THE RIVER HAD REACHED FLOOD STAGE AND WILL
LIKELY FLOOD DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

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.

MV

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.