Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS JSJ

October 21, 2002

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 21, 2002, 1:32 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 21, 2002, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired: Oct 22, 2002, 7:30 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 211837
FFWSJU
PRC081-083-212030-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
232 PM AST MON OCT 21 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     LAS MARIAS
     LARES

* UNTIL 430 PM AST

* AT 223 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A          
  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EAST CENTRAL LARES          
  MUNICIPALITY...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LARES...MOVING        
  SLOWLY WESTWARD. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING OVER LAND    
  THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN DURING THE PAST FEW           
  HOURS...AND FLASH FLOODING OF LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS...AS        
  WELL AS ADJACENT LOW LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED.
 
  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 212052
FFSSJU
PRC081-083-212145-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
450 PM AST MON OCT 21 2002

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM FOR THE   
   MUNICIPALITIES OF LAS MARIAS AND LARES HAS EXPIRED... 

AT 442 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE AFFECTING THE FORMER WARNING AREA EARLIER 
THIS AFTERNOON HAD DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY OR MOVED AWAY FROM THE 
AREA. ALTHOUGH...AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS STILL 
POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE MUNICIPALITIES THROUGH 530 PM...NO ADDITIONAL 
HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 430 PM.

HOWEVER...MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR 
THE NEXT HOUR OR SO FOR ANY LEFTOVER FLOODED AREAS OR PONDED WATER 
ON ROADWAYS.

SEELEY

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.