Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS JSJ

May 30, 2002

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2002, 4:56 PM 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, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2002, 11:45 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 302156
FFWSJU
PRC069-085-103-151-310045-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
556 PM 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
     NAGUABO
     NORTH HALF OF YABUCOA
     LAS PIEDRAS
     HUMACAO

* UNTIL 845 PM AST

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES 
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

* AT 550 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A NEARLY STATIONARY 
BAND OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... 
EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF YABUCOA NORTH AND NORTHEAST 
THROUGH HUMACAO...LAS PIEDRAS AND NAGUABO. USGS GAUGES AND RADAR 
ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 
OVER THE WARNING AREA SINCE 430 PM AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN HEAVILY. 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH 845 PM... 
LIKELY RESULTING IN FLASH AND RIVER FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE 
WARNING AREA. 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.

SEELEY/RIVERA

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:34 AM 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.