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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS JSJ

November 8, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 8, 2001, 6:45 PM CST. It was in force for 7 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, 6:45 PM CST (00:45 UTC)
Expired: Nov 9, 2001, 2:00 AM CST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 090046
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-
105-107-115-119-127-129-135-137-139-141-143-145-149-151-090400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
845 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 12 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* AT 840 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS PUERTO RICO DURING 
THE PAST TWO HOURS. HOWEVER...MANY RIVERS REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS 
ACROSS NORTHERN PUERTO RICO...WITH WATER LEVELS SLOWLY LOWERING. DUE 
TO THESE HIGH WATER LEVELS AND CONTINUED RIVER RELATED FLOODING... 
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACROSS ANY PORTION OF THIS WARNING AREA COULD 
CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES IN WATER LEVELS OF LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS 
AND WORSEN FLOOD CONDITIONS. THE POSSIBILITY OF MUD SLIDES AND  
LANDSLIDES ALSO REMAINS VERY HIGH ACROSS THIS AREA. RIVER LEVELS 
SHOULD GRADUALLY RECEDE OVERNIGHT...AND PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA 
MAY BE REMOVED LATER TONIGHT. 

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	Counties	Lasted
Nov 9, 8:15 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 hr
Nov 9, 11:30 AM 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.