Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002

Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS JSJ

August 30, 2002

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2002, 4:10 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: Aug 30, 2002, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2002, 11:15 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 302112
FFWSJU
PRC021-029-031-033-037-051-053-061-087-089-119-127-135-137-139-
310015-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
510 PM AST FRI AUG 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     DORADO
     CANOVANAS
     CAROLINA
     LUQUILLO
     SAN JUAN
     TOA ALTA
     TRUJILLO ALTO
     BAYAMON
     CEIBA
     FAJARDO
     GUAYNABO
     CATANO
     LOIZA
     RIO GRANDE
     TOA BAJA

* UNTIL 815 PM AST

* AT 445 PM AST...HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED BY SATELLITE    
  ASSOCIATED WITH A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE 
  SAN JUAN METRO AREA AND THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO.

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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 30, 5:25 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.