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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS JSJ

August 18, 2002

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2002, 10:50 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: Aug 18, 2002, 10:50 AM CDT (15:50 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2002, 5:45 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 181555
FFWSJU
PRC095-109-181845-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1150 AM AST SUN AUG 18 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     PATILLAS
     MAUNABO

* UNTIL 245 PM AST

* AT 1111 AM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR THAT HEAVY      
  RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA. USGS GAGES INDICATED
  THAT THE RIO MARIN AND RIO MAUNABO WERE AT OR APPROACHING FLOOD 
  STAGE AND A ADDITIONAL RISE IN THE RIVER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THESE
  RIVER AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES. 

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.

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.