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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS JSJ

May 1, 2002

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2002, 8:26 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, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2002, 2:30 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 020130
FFWSJU
PRC051-143-145-020330-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
926 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 1130 PM AST

AT 923 PM...CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED THAT THE RIO CIBUCO CONTINUED 
OVER ITS BANKS IN VEGA ALTA. ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF OTHER SMALL 
RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY CONTINUE OVER THESE MUNICIPALITIES 
THROUGH 1130 PM.

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

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.