Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS JSJ

May 30, 2002

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2002, 7:34 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 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 30, 2002, 7:34 AM CDT (12:34 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2002, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 301235
FFWSJU
PRC053-089-103-301530-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
834 AM AST THU MAY 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     LUQUILLO
     NAGUABO
     FAJARDO

* UNTIL 1130 AM AST

* THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WITHIN  
  THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY RIO BLANCO...RIO FAJARDO...RIO       
  MAMEYES AND RIO SABANA.


* AT 830 AM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 
HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NAGUABO TO 
LUQUILLO. THERE WAS A REPORT OF FLOODING ALONG THE RIO BLANCO IN 
NAGUABO. AREAS OF ROAD 31 WERE REPORTED TO BE UNDER WATER. 

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 301535
FFSSJU
PRC053-089-103-301630-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1135 AM AST THU MAY 30 2002

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR THE 
MUNICIPALITIES OF... 

     LUQUILLO
     NAGUABO
     FAJARDO

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...
    RIO BLANCO...RIO FAJARDO...RIO MAMEYES AND RIO SABANA.

...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 1125 AM...U.S.G.S. RIVER GAUGES HAVE INDICATED THAT THE RIVERS IN 
THE WARNING AREA ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDE BUT WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH. 
 
ALTHOUGH FLOODING HAS ENDED FOR NOW...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE LIKELY 
IN THESE MUNICIPALITIES THIS AFTERNOON AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF AND THE RIVERS COULD RAPIDLY RISE. SO RESIDENTS 
IN THESE MUNICIPALITIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION AND LOOK FOR 
ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

BD

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 4:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 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.