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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS JSJ

December 16, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Dec 16, 2001, 12:48 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: Dec 16, 2001, 12:48 PM CST (18:48 UTC)
Expired: Dec 17, 2001, 7:45 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 161849
FFWSJU
PRC069-085-103-162145-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
248 PM AST SUN DEC 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     NAGUABO
     LAS PIEDRAS
     HUMACAO

* UNTIL 545 PM AST

* AT 235 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND            
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED ASHORE ACROSS EAST AND     
  SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO DURING THE PAST 30 TO 60         
  MINUTES...LEAVING ONE TO TWO INCH RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS        
  NAGUABO AND HUMACAO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING WEST    
  NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.

  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.