Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 109, NWS JSJ

November 13, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 13, 2003, 3:50 PM CST. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 13, 2003, 3:50 PM CST (21:50 UTC)
Expired: Nov 13, 2003, 3:00 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 132150
FFWSJU
PRC001-003-005-007-009-011-013-015-017-019-021-023-025-027-029-031-
033-035-037-039-041-043-045-047-049-051-053>055-057-059-061-063-065-
067-069-071-073-075-077-079-081-083-085-087-089-091-093-095-097-099-
101-103-105-107-109-111-113-115-117-119-121-123-125-127-129-131-133-
135-137-139-141-143-145-147-149-151-153-140500-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
550 PM AST THU NOV 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED IN TIME

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES OF MAINLAND 
PUERTO RICO
    
* UNTIL 100 AM AST

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE CULEBRA 
AND VIEQUES.

* AT 550 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING NORTHEASTWARD 
ACROSS THE ISLANDS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 
RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST FEW HOURS ACROSS THE MUNICIPALITIES OF 
JUANA DIAZ...SANTA ISABEL...COAMO...VILLALBA...AND AIBONITO. THIS 
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST NORTHEASTWARD TO AFFECT A 
LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN PUERTO RICO THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.

MEANWHILE...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WAS DEVELOPING AND MOVING ONTO THE 
WEST COAST OF PUERTO RICO. EXPECT BANDS OF RAINFALL ON AND OFF 
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHTTIME...ONLY AGGRAVATING THE CURRENT FLOODING 
PROBLEMS.

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

THIS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION STAY 
AWAY FROM STREAMS...GUTS AND LOW LYING AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING 
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. DO NOT RISK THE LIVES OF YOU OR YOUR LOVED 
ONES. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING 
OR EXPECTED. 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. MUDSLIDES WILL CONTINUE LIKELY 
IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.


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DG/BCS

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 13, 1:36 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	21 hr
Nov 13, 2:25 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	21 hr
Nov 13, 2:25 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	21 hr
Nov 13, 5:55 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	20 hr
Nov 13, 9:50 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	22 hr
Nov 13, 5:33 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2003 Every flash flood warning in 2003

Sources

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