Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS JSJ

May 6, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2001, 8:20 PM CDT. 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: May 6, 2001, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2001, 3:15 PM CDT
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 070131
FFWJSJ
PRC013-039-054-079-101-107-113-149-070415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
920 PM AST SUN MAY 6 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM AST MONDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

IN PUERTO RICO
     PONCE...VILLALBA...ARECIBO...OROCOVIS...JUANA DIAZ...
     FLORIDA... MOROVIS...CIALES.

* IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM MONDAY MORNING.

* AT 915 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND. THE STORMS ARE SLOWLY
MOVING EAST AND NORTHEASTWARD. LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS MUCH
OF THE INTERIOR...WEST...AND SOUTHWEST ARE NEAR OR OVER BANKFULL.
RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

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 VE{HICLE 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
May 6, 9:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
May 6, 11:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	20 hr
May 7, 12:00 AM CDT	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.