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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS JSJ

August 30, 2002

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2002, 5:25 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: Aug 30, 2002, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2002, 12:30 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 302227
FFWSJU
PRC003-005-013-017-027-039-054-065-071-081-091-099-101-115-117-131-
141-145-310130-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
625 PM AST FRI AUG 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     ISABELA
     CIALES
     MANATI
     FLORIDA
     BARCELONETA
     MOROVIS
     MOCA
     RINCON
     QUEBRADILLAS
     SAN SEBASTIAN
     UTUADO
     AGUADILLA
     AGUADA
     LARES
     CAMUY
     HATILLO
     ARECIBO
     VEGA BAJA

* UNTIL 930 PM AST

* AT 545 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATED STRONG 
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING WEST ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. 
  PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL 
  OCCUR.

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
Aug 30, 4:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2002 Every flash flood warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.