Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS JSJ

March 29, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Mar 29, 2003, 12:33 PM CST. 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: Mar 29, 2003, 12:33 PM CST (18:33 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2003, 7:00 AM CST
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 291833
FFWSJU
PRC021-031-061-127-139-292100-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
233 PM AST SAT MAR 29 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CAROLINA
     SAN JUAN
     TRUJILLO ALTO
     BAYAMON
     GUAYNABO

* UNTIL 500 PM AST

* AT 230 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE SAN JUAN METROPOLITAN AREA AND ADJACENT 
MUNICIPALITIES. USGS RAIN GAUGES INDICATE THAT THE RIO PIEDRAS IS 
RISING RAPIDLY AND APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
ACCUMULATION WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY.

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

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 AFFECT 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.

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 292030
FFSSJU
PRC021-031-061-127-139-292130-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
430 PM AST SAT MAR 29 2003

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING
MUNICIPALITIES

IN PUERTO RICO
     CAROLINA...SAN JUAN...TRUJILLO ALTO...BAYAMON AND GUAYNABO

AT 428 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 
ENDED ACROSS THE SAN JUAN METROPOLITAN AREA. USGS RIVER GAUGES 
INDICATE THAT ALL RIVER LEVELS ARE BELOW FLOOD STAGE AND CONTINUE A 
SLOW FALL. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO 
REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY LINGERING WATER ON THE ROADWAYS THROUGH EARLY 
THIS EVENING.

$$

DG

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.