Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS JSJ

December 22, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Dec 22, 2001, 3:11 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 22, 2001, 3:11 PM CST (21:11 UTC)
Expired: Dec 23, 2001, 9:00 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 222111
FFWSJU
PRC023-079-121-125-222300-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
511 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
     SABANA GRANDE
     SAN GERMAN
     CABO ROJO
     LAJAS

* UNTIL 700 PM AST

* AT 454 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY      
  RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO...LEAVING A LARGE AREA OF 
  TWO INCH RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. SHOWERS AND   
  THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING THERE DURING THE PAST HOUR HAVE BEEN       
  MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 22, 10:59 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Dec 22, 1:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 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.