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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS JSJ

November 12, 2002

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 12, 2002, 4:18 PM CST. 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: Nov 12, 2002, 4:18 PM CST (22:18 UTC)
Expired: Nov 13, 2002, 9:30 AM CST
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 122219
FFWSJU
PRC001-122330-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
618 PM AST TUE NOV 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

     ADJUNTAS

* UNTIL 730 PM AST

* AT 615 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER ADJUNTAS. 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 
ALREADY FALLEN...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS 
EXPECTED THIS EVENING.

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

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 122330
FFSSJU
PRC001-130030-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
730 PM AST TUE NOV 12 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

     ...ADJUNTAS...

AT 728 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY 
RAINFALL WHICH AFFECTED THIS AREA EARLIER HAS ENDED. DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATES THAT OVER FIVE INCHES OF RAIN FELL ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST 
OF THE CITY OF ADJUNTAS.  

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.

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.