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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS JSJ

October 1, 2002

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 1, 2002, 2:16 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: Oct 1, 2002, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired: Oct 2, 2002, 8:30 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.

108 
WGCA52 TJSJ 011918
FFWSJU
PRC013-039-073-141-012130-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
316 PM AST TUE OCT 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES IN PUERTO   
  RICO...

     CIALES
     JAYUYA
     UTUADO
     ARECIBO

* UNTIL 530 PM AST.

* AT 312 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO OCCUR OVER THESE 
AREAS. DOPPLER RADAR ALREADY HAS ESTIMATED AS MUCH AS THREE INCHES 
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME OF THESE AREAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THESE 
AREAS...LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING.

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.

DG

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.