Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 112, NWS JSJ

November 13, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 13, 2003, 9:21 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, 9:21 PM CST (03:21 UTC)
Expired: Nov 13, 2003, 9:00 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 140322
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-
135-137-139-141-143-145-147-149-151-153-141100-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1121 PM AST THU NOV 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED 

* THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES OF MAINLAND 
PUERTO RICO...AND FOR CULEBRA AND VIEQUES
    
* UNTIL 700 AM AST FRIDAY MORNING

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

* AT 1117 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS 
THE EASTERN HALF OF PUERTO RICO AND CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. DOPPLER 
RADAR ESTIMATES AND U.S.G.S. GAUGES INDICATED THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF 
RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 4 TO 6 HOURS ACROSS MANY SECTIONS OF 
THE WARNING AREA. ALTHOUGH A BRIEF BREAK IN THE RAINFALL WAS 
OCCURRING OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF PUERTO RICO...NEW SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALREADY DEVELOPING ALONG AND JUST OFF OF THE 
NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THESE WILL MOVE 
ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS THROUGH 700 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
OF 1 TO 4 INCHES OR MORE WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AND THIS 
WILL AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOOD PROBLEMS AND RESULT IN NEW FLASH AND 
RIVER FLOODING. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES WILL CONTINUE IN AREAS OF 
STEEP TERRAIN.

THIS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION STAY 
AWAY FROM RIVERS...STREAMS...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.

$$

BCS/DG/RM

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 14, 5:00 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		20 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.