Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS JSJ

December 22, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Dec 22, 2001, 10:59 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 22, 2001, 10:59 AM CST (16:59 UTC)
Expired: Dec 23, 2001, 5:30 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 221658
FFWSJU
PRC021-029-031-033-053-061-087-089-119-127-137-139-221930-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1259 PM AST SAT DEC 22 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CANOVANAS
     CAROLINA
     LUQUILLO
     SAN JUAN
     TRUJILLO ALTO
     BAYAMON
     FAJARDO
     GUAYNABO
     CATANO
     LOIZA
     RIO GRANDE
     TOA BAJA

* UNTIL 330 PM AST

* AT 1255 PM AST...THE CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED URBAN FLOODING THAT 
AFFECTED MANY HOUSES IN BARRIO OBRERO. A WEATHER SPOTTER IN THE SAN 
JUAN METROPOLITAN AREA REPORTED RAIN ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THREE 
INCHES. OTHER AFFECTED AREAS INCLUDE PUERTO NUEVO AND SOME AREAS OF 
CONDADO. WITH THE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ALREADY REPORTED AND 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON...THESE CONDITIONS 
POSE A THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH AT LEAST 330 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	Lasted
Dec 22, 1:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Dec 22, 3:11 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Dec 22, 5:00 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 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.