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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS JSJ

December 15, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Dec 15, 2001, 9:49 AM 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: Dec 15, 2001, 9:49 AM CST (15:49 UTC)
Expired: Dec 16, 2001, 4:45 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 151549
FFWSJU
PRC069-095-151-151845-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1149 AM AST SAT DEC 15 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

* UNTIL 245 PM AST

* AT 1135 AM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED           
  INTERMITTENT THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING      
  NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF EAST AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO  
  RICO...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS THIS WARNING 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.

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.