Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS JSJ

November 8, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 8, 2001, 1:10 PM 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, 1:10 PM CST (19:10 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 2001, 8:00 AM 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 081908
FFWSJU

PRC001-007-013-017-019-021-025-027-029-031-033-035-037-039-041-045-
047-051-053-054-061-063-065-069-073-077-081-085-087-089-091-101-103-
105-107-115-119-127-129-135-137-139-141-143-145-149-151-082200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL AREAS NORTH OF THE CORDILLERA 
CENTRAL...

ENCOMPASSING AN AREA FROM QUEBRADILLAS SOUTH TO LARES AND THEN EAST 
ALL THE WAY TO YABUCOA AND NORTH TO FAJARDO.

INCLUDING ALL RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES THAT FLOW NORTHWARD... 
ESPECIALLY THE RIO CAMUY...RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO...RIO LIMON IN 
UTUADO...RIO GRANDE DE MANATI...RIO CIBUCO IN COROZAL...RIO DE LA 
PLATA...RIO DE BAYAMON...RIO PIEDRAS...AND RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA...

* UNTIL 600 PM AST

...THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING SUPERSEDES ALL PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR THIS AREA...

* AT 230 PM AST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ON 
SHORE OVER THE NORTH AND EAST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL OF UP TO A HALF INCH AN HOUR CONTINUED TO FALL OVER 
SATURATED GROUNDS WHERE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF UP TO 3 TO 10 INCHES OF 
RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 12 HOURS. INTERMITTENT HEAVY RAIN WILL 
CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TO PRODUCE CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDING RIVER FLOODING. MUD SLIDES AND LANDSLIDES ARE VERY LIKELY 
TO OCCUR BLOCKING IMPORTANT ROADS. 

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, 4:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Nov 8, 7:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ22 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.