Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS JSJ
NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 2002, 2:33 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
- Apr 25, 2002, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2002, 8:30 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 251934 FFWSJU PRC141-252130- BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 333 PM AST THU APR 25 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED * A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF UTUADO IN PUERTO RICO * UNTIL 530 PM AST * AT 330 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THIS MUNICIPALITY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS. 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 252122 FFSSJU PRC141-252230- BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 530 PM AST THU APR 25 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS DISCONTINUED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR UTUADO. AT 525 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DISSIPATED AND NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR UTUADO HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
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.