Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS JSJ

October 15, 2002

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 15, 2002, 1:56 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
Oct 15, 2002, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired
Oct 16, 2002, 9:00 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 151858
FFWSJU
PRC131-152200-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
256 PM AST TUE OCT 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

* UNTIL 600 PM AST

* AT 247 PM AST...A SPOTTER REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN SAN 
SEBASTIAN WITH RIVER CULEBRINAS LEVEL REACHING NEAR ROAD 109.


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.
3 follow-up statements
000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 152240
FFSSJU
PRC131-152345-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
639 PM AST TUE OCT 15 2002

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING
MUNICIPALITY

IN PUERTO RICO
     SAN SEBASTIAN

AT 949 AM AST THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH AFFECTED THIS AREA EARLIER 
HAS DISSIPATED.

THEREFORE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS AND THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED

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.
000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 152246 CCA
FFSSJU
PRC131-152345-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
639 PM AST TUE OCT 15 2002

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING
MUNICIPALITY

IN PUERTO RICO
     SAN SEBASTIAN

AT 949 PM AST THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH AFFECTED THIS AREA EARLIER 
HAS DISSIPATED.

THEREFORE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS AND THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED

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.
000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 152247 CCB
FFSSJU
PRC131-152345-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
639 PM AST TUE OCT 15 2002

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING
MUNICIPALITY

IN PUERTO RICO
     SAN SEBASTIAN

AT 639 PM AST THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH AFFECTED THIS AREA EARLIER 
HAS DISSIPATED.

THEREFORE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS AND THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED

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.

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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.