Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS JSJ

November 8, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 8, 2001, 4:25 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, 4:25 AM CST (10:25 UTC)
Expired
Nov 8, 2001, 11:30 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 081020
FFWSJU

PRC007-009-013-015-017-019-021-025-027-029-031-033-035-037-039-041-
043-045-047-051-053-054-057-061-063-065-069-071-073-077-081-085-087-
089-091-095-101-103-105-107-109-115-119-123-127-129-131-135-137-139-
141-143-145-149-151-081330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
625 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

   ALL MUNICIPALITIES IN A LINE FROM SAN SEBASTIAN TO PATILLAS AND   
   NORTHWARD

* UNTIL 930 AM AST

...THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING SUPERSEDES ALL PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD 
WARNINGS...

* AT 620 AM AST...WEATHER SERVICE 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 930 AM...WILL RESULT IN NEW FLOODING 
PROBLEMS DEVELOPING AND WILL FURTHER COMPOUND THE ONGOING FLOODING. 
IN ADDITION...U.S.G.S. RIVER GAUGES OVER THE WARNING AREA SHOW RIVER 
LEVELS RAPIDLY RISING OR AT BANKFULL.

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, 2:45 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.