Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS JSJ
NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 13, 2002, 3:39 PM CST. 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
- Nov 13, 2002, 3:39 PM CST (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2002, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS JSJ
- Area
- Whole counties
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGCA52 TJSJ 132142
FFWSJU
PRC027-065-140000-
BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
539 PM AST WED NOV 13 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED
* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
IN PUERTO RICO
CAMUY
HATILLO
* UNTIL 800 PM AST
* AT 532 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER CAMUY AND
HATILLO.
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.
111 follow-up statement
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WGCA72 TJSJ 132349
FFSSJU
PRC027-065-140100-
BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
750 PM AST WED NOV 13 2002
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES OF
CAMUY AND HATILLO
...HAS EXPIRED...
AT 749 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER THESE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE
ENDED COMPLETELY. ALSO...THE U.S.G.S. RIVER LEVEL SENSOR IN RIO
CAMUY INDICATED THAT THIS RIVER HAS SUBSIDED AND NOW IS BELOW FLOOD
STAGE.
FOR THAT REASON THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CAMUY AND HATILLO HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.