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Flash Flood Warning 124, NWS JSJ

November 16, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 16, 2003, 8:25 AM 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 16, 2003, 8:25 AM CST (14:25 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2003, 3:25 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 161428
FFWSJU
PRC143-145-161725-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1025 AM AST SUN NOV 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     VEGA ALTA
     VEGA BAJA

...INCLUDING ALL RIVER AND STREAM AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES...
 
* UNTIL 125 PM AST

* AT 1015 AM AST...MODERATE SHOWERS HAVE AFFECTED THE MUNICIPALITIES 
OF VEGA ALTA AND VEGA BAJA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RUNOFF 
PRODUCED BY THESE SHOWERS HAVE CAUSE RIO CIBUCO TO FLOW OUT OF ITS 
BANKS...PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ALONG THIS RIVER.

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.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 15, 11:07 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 hr
Nov 16, 1:55 AM 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.