Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS JSJ

December 2, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Dec 2, 2001, 5:53 PM CST. It was in force for 18 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: Dec 2, 2001, 5:53 PM CST (23:53 UTC)
Expired: Dec 3, 2001, 11:45 AM CST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 030010 CCA
FFWSJU
PRC069-085-151-030145-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
753 PM AST SUN DEC 2 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     YABUCOA
     HUMACAO

* UNTIL 945 PM.

AT 745 PM..NWS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO TWO AND ONE   
HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF INTERIOR    
YABUCOA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN HUMACAO DURING THE PAST 60          
MINUTES. LOCAL RIVER...CREEK AND STREAM LEVELS ARE ON THE RAPID      
RISE ACROSS THIS AREA. 

  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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 2, 5:53 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		16 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.