Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS JSJ

September 18, 2002

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 2002, 2:36 PM CDT. 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: Sep 18, 2002, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2002, 9:00 AM CDT
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 181937
FFWSJU
PRC081-131-182200-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
336 PM AST WED SEP 18 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     SAN SEBASTIAN
     LARES

* UNTIL 600 PM AST

* AT 215 PM AST...A USGS RIVER SENSOR INDICATED THAT THE WATER 
LEVELS OF RIO GUAJATACA IN LARES REACHED FLOOD STAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL 
ASSOCIATED WITH AFTERNOON NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS WILL 
CONTINUE TROUGH AT LEAST 500 PM ACROSS PARTS OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR 
SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. 

  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.

ROCHE

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 182146
FFSSJU
PRC081-131-182245-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
545 PM AST WED SEP 18 2002

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES OF

    SAN SEBASTIAN AND LARES
     

...HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE FORMER WARNING AREA. ALSO...USGS RIVER 
LEVEL SENSORS INDICATE THAT THE RIVERS ARE NOW BELOW FLOOD STAGE AND 
CONTINUE TO FALL. THEREFORE...FLOODING WILL NO LONGER BE A PROBLEM 
IN THESE AREAS THIS EVENING. 

DG

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 18, 3:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		17 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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