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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS JSJ

April 6, 2002

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 6, 2002, 3:43 PM CST. 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: Apr 6, 2002, 3:43 PM CST (21:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2002, 11:30 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 062153
FFWSJU
PRC071-070030-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
543 PM AST SAT APR 6 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

* UNTIL 830 PM AST

* AT 525 PM AST...THE CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN 
ISABELA. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINS IN ISABELA 
WITH RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ESTIMATED NEAR TWO INCHES. DUE TO HEAVY 
RAINS YESTERDAY THE ROADS HAVE QUICKLY FLOODED. CIVIL DEFENSE 
REPORTED THAT ROADS 2...112 AND 113 ARE NEARLY COVERED. SOME 
NEIGHBORHOODS WERE ALSO AFFECTED.

  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 062353
FFSSJU
PRC071-070100-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
755 PM AST SAT APR 06 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS DISCONTINUED THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ISABELA.

AT 745 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERIES INDICATED
THAT ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED NORTHEAST TO THE
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO ISABELA
OR ANY PART OR SECTION OF PUERTO RICO.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.

HPL/CASTILLO

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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.