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Flash Flood Warning 121, NWS JSJ

November 15, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 15, 2003, 2:05 PM CST. 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: Nov 15, 2003, 2:05 PM CST (20:05 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 2003, 9:00 AM CST
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 152006
FFWSJU
PRC057-075-113-123-133-152300-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
405 PM AST SAT NOV 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     GUAYAMA
     JUANA DIAZ
     PONCE
     SALINAS
     SANTA ISABEL

* UNTIL 700 PM AST

* AT 400 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A          
  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER AREA FROM GUAYAMA WEST TO 
  PONCE. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN    
  HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 
  INCHES IS EXPECTED.


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.

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 152149
FFSSJU
PRC057-075-113-133-151-152345-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
543 PM AST SAT NOV 15 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
     GUAYAMA...JUANA DIAZ...PONCE...SANTA ISABEL AND YABUCOA

AT 537 PM AST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY
RAIN WHICH AFFECTED THIS AREA EARLIER HAS DISSIPATED OR MOVED AWAY..
THEREFORE FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS AND 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 AND HIGH STREAM
OR RIVER LEVELS.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 14, 8:25 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Nov 14, 10:23 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Nov 14, 11:20 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Nov 15, 1:02 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.