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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS JSJ

December 3, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Dec 3, 2001, 12:53 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 3, 2001, 12:53 PM CST (18:53 UTC)
Expired: Dec 4, 2001, 6:30 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 031854
FFWSJU
PRC003-005-071-099-032030-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
253 PM AST MON DEC 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     ISABELA
     MOCA
     AGUADILLA
     AGUADA

* UNTIL 430 PM AST

* AT 241 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MOCA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES     
  SOUTHEAST OF AGUADILLA...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST.

  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. FOLLOW 
INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.

ROCHE

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.