Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS JSJ

October 7, 2002

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 7, 2002, 3:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 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 7, 2002, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2002, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Area
Whole counties

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 072030
FFWSJU
PRC013-021-047-101-135-072130-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
430 PM AST MON OCT 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

     ARECIBO
     BAYAMON
     COROZAL
     MOROVIS
     TOA ALTA

* UNTIL 530 PM AST.

* AT 425 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
RAIN OVER ARECIBO...AND FROM MOROVIS...NORTHEAST THROUGH BAYAMON. 
RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOWED 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR OVER ARECIBO 
...AND NEAR 5 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS OVER 
MOROVIS. THIS CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS.

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. FOLLOW 
INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.

ROCHE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 072130
FFSSJU
PRC013-021-047-101-135-072200-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
530 PM AST MON OCT 7 2002

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING 
MUNICIPALITIES IN PUERTO RICO...

     ARECIBO
     BAYAMON
     COROZAL
     MOROVIS
     TOA ALTA

AT 525 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH 
AFFECTED THESE AREAS HAS ENDED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THESE MUNICIPALITIES.

ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS YOU SHOULD
CONTINUE TO REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY LINGERING WATER ON THE ROADWAYS AND
HIGH STREAM OR RIVER LEVELS.

SIERRA

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.