Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS JSJ

November 7, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 7, 2001, 6:15 PM CST. It was in force for 20 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
Nov 7, 2001, 6:15 PM CST (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Nov 8, 2001, 2:30 PM CST
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Area
Whole counties

The text

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

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WGCA52 TJSJ 080016
FFWSJU

PRC007-013-017-021-025-029-031-033-037-039-047-051-053-054-061-063-
077-085-087-089-091-101-103-105-119-127-135-137-139-143-145-080430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
815 PM AST WED NOV 7 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED IN TIME

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     DORADO
     CANOVANAS
     CAROLINA
     CIALES
     CAGUAS
     COROZAL
     MANATI
     FLORIDA
     AGUAS BUENAS
     BARCELONETA
     JUNCOS
     GURABO
     LUQUILLO
     NAGUABO
     NARANJITO
     MOROVIS
     SAN JUAN
     TOA ALTA
     TRUJILLO ALTA
     VEGA ALTA
     LAS PIEDRAS
     BAYAMON
     CEIBA
     FAJARDO
     GUAYNABO
     ARECIBO
     CATANO
     VEGA BAJA
     LOIZA
     RIO GRANDE
     TOA BAJA

* UNTIL 1230 AM THURSDAY MORNING

* AT 805 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING 
TO AFFECT NORTH...NORTHEAST...EAST...AND EASTERN INTERIOR SECTIONS 
OF PUERTO RICO...GENERALLY MOVING SOUTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. USGS RIVER 
LEVEL SENSORS INDICATE THAT MANY RIVERS ARE NEAR BANKFULL...OR OUT 
OF THEIR BANKS...FROM EVENING RAINFALL. THESE RIVERS...AND THEIR 
TRIBUTARIES WILL BE SLOW TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT...AND 
THEREFORE FLOODING OF THESE RIVER SYSTEMS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 
FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA MAY 
FURTHER COMPOUND THE SITUATION. 

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 10:46 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Nov 8, 1:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Nov 8, 2:45 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Nov 8, 4:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Nov 8, 7:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ22 hr
Nov 8, 1:10 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Nov 8, 3:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2001Every 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.