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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS JSJ

November 8, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 8, 2001, 3:55 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, 3:55 PM CST (21:55 UTC)
Expired: Nov 9, 2001, 11:00 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 082158
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-
105-107-115-119-127-129-135-137-139-141-143-145-149-151-090100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED

* THE 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.

    THIS INCLUDES 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 9 PM TONIGHT.

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

* AT 550 PM AST...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS 
CONTINUED TO AFFECT COASTAL AND INTERIOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND 
EASTERN PUERTO RICO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF 
TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER SATURATED GROUNDS  
WHERE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF UP TO 5 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 
IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. INTERMITTENT HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS 
THE WARNING AREA TO PRODUCE CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING AND 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 7, 6:15 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	20 hr
Nov 7, 10:46 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Nov 8, 1:20 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Nov 8, 2:45 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Nov 8, 4:25 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Nov 8, 7:30 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	22 hr
Nov 8, 1:10 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2001 Every 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.