Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS JSJ

September 24, 2002

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 24, 2002, 1:10 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: Sep 24, 2002, 1:10 PM CDT (18:10 UTC)
Expired: Sep 25, 2002, 8:00 AM 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 241809
FFWSJU
PRC029-031-087-119-127-139-242100-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
210 PM AST TUE SEP 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CANOVANAS
     CAROLINA
     SAN JUAN
     TRUJILLO ALTO
     LOIZA
     RIO GRANDE

* UNTIL 500 PM AST

* AT 205 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO INCHES OF RAIN 
HAVE ACCUMULATED ACROSS THE SAN JUAN METROPOLITAN AREA AND ADJACENT 
MUNICIPALITIES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS WILL COME ACROSS THE 
WARNING AREA IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC HAVE 
INDICATED ISOLATED AREAS OF FLOODING IN THE WARNING AREA.   

  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.

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 242109
FFSSJU
PRC029-031-087-119-127-139-242215-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
509 PM AST TUE SEP 24 2002

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR THE   
   MUNICIPALITIES OF CANOVANAS...CAROLINA...SAN JUAN...TRUJILLO      
   ALTO...LOIZA AND RIO GRANDE HAS EXPIRED...

AT 505 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE AFFECTING THE WARNING AREA EARLIER THIS 
AFTERNOON HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED AWAY FROM THE AREA AND NO REPORTS 
OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OR 
FLOODING IS EXPECTED ACROSS THESE MUNICIPALITIES FOR AT LEAST THE 
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE.

HOWEVER...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RE-DEVELOP 
ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS LATER TONIGHT AND MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL 
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 
FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY.  

SEELEY

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.