Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS JSJ

November 8, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 8, 2001, 2:45 AM CST. 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
Nov 8, 2001, 2:45 AM CST (08:45 UTC)
Expired
Nov 8, 2001, 9:30 PM CST
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 080845
FFWSJU
PRC009-019-035-041-045-105-081130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
445 AM AST THU NOV 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CIDRA
     CAYEY
     COMERIO
     AIBONITO
     BARRANQUITAS
     NARANJITO

* UNTIL 730 AM AST

* AT 440 AM AST...A U.S.G.S. RIVER GAUGE INDICATED THAT THAT THE RIO 
DE LA PLATA AT COMERIO WAS ABOVE BANKFULL. NWS DOPPLER RADAR 
CONTINUED TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH 
HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO AFFECT THE WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH 630 AM...WILL RESULT IN NEW 
FLOODING PROBLEMS DEVELOPING AND WILL FURTHER COMPOUND THE ONGOING 
FLOODING.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 6:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ20 hr
Nov 7, 10:46 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Nov 8, 1:20 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.