Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS JSJ

May 1, 2002

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2002, 6:52 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: May 1, 2002, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2002, 12:30 PM 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 012353
FFWSJU
PRC051-143-145-020130-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
752 PM AST WED MAY 1 2002

*THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES IN PUERTO RICO

     DORADO
     VEGA ALTA
     VEGA BAJA

* UNTIL 930 PM AST

* AT 750 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS 
OF THESE MUNICIPALITIES. THE RIO CIBUCO AT VEGA BAJA CONTINUES TO 
RISE AND WILL GO OVER ITS BANKS IN SOME AREAS.

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

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 4:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		18 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2002 Every 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.