Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS JSJ

September 28, 2002

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 28, 2002, 4:54 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 28, 2002, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired: Sep 29, 2002, 10:30 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 282157
FFWSJU
PRC013-017-091-282330-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
554 PM AST SAT SEP 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     MANATI
     BARCELONETA
     ARECIBO

* UNTIL 730 PM AST

* AT 543 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER BARCELONETA 
DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED NORTH AND 
OVER WATER...BUT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 INCH RAIN 
ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRED IN A 90 MINUTE PERIOD...AND FLASH FLOODING  
IS LIKELY. 

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
Sep 28, 5:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		17 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.