Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS JSJ

August 3, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2001, 1:25 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: Aug 3, 2001, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2001, 7:00 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 031828
FFWJSJ
PRC039-073-141-032000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
225 PM AST FRI AUG 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     JAYUYA
     CIALES
     UTUADO

* UNTIL 400 PM AST

* AT 218 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE VICINITY OF JAYUYA MOVING
SLOWLY NORTH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH
FLOODING...SRTONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

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.

SIERRA

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 032017
PRC039-073-141-032130-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
415 PM AST FRI AUG 3 2001

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES OF
JAYUYA....CIALES AND UTUADO...BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...HAS
EXPIRED.

AT 410 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
PREVIOUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER THE FORMER
ADVISORY AREA...HAVE ENDED.

ALTHOUGH SOME OTHER SHOWERS MAY MOVE TO THE VICINITY OF THESE
MUNICIPALITIES...THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED.

FOR THAT REASON THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JAYUYA....CIALES AND
UTUADO HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPsIRE.

HR

Nearby

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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.