Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS JSJ

December 21, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Dec 21, 2001, 4:06 PM CST. It was in force for 20 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 21, 2001, 4:06 PM CST (22:06 UTC)
Expired: Dec 22, 2001, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 212206
FFWSJU
PRC003-005-071-099-131-220200-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
606 PM AST FRI DEC 21 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM AST

* AT 545 PM...USGS RIVER LEVEL SENSORS ALONG RIO CULEBRINAS WERE     
  SHOWING WATER LEVELS NEARING BANKFULL. THE RIVER LEVEL SENSOR IN   
  MOCA INDICATED WATER LEVELS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...AND ADDITIONAL     
  AREAS ALONG RIO CULEBRINAS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE OVERFLOWING WATER   
  DURING THE NEXT HOUR...PERSISTING THROUGH 8 OR 9 PM. 

  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 21, 4:10 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		20 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.