Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS JSJ

May 1, 2002

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2002, 4:57 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, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2002, 11:00 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 012158
FFWSJU
PRC143-145-051-020000-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
557 PM AST WED MAY 1 2002

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM AST WEDNESDAY EVENING

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
IN PUERTO RICO
     VEGA ALTA...VEGA BAJA...AND DORADO

FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE FOLLOWING RIVER(S)...
     RIO CIBUCO

AT 550 PM AST CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED THAT RIO CIBUCO WAS OVER ITS 
BANKS. ALSO...MANY ROADS IN THESE AREAS ARE IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE 
HEAVY RAINFALL.

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER THESE AREAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE 
ALONG ROAD 2 AND MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH AT LEAST 700 PM. THESE 
CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE MORE FLASH AND RIVER FLOODING. IN 
ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.  

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/BCS

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 6:52 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.