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Flash Flood Warning 127, NWS JSJ

November 17, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 17, 2003, 7:15 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 17, 2003, 7:15 AM CST (13:15 UTC)
Expired: Nov 18, 2003, 2:00 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 171315
FFWSJU
PRC007-009-015-017-019-021-025-029-031-033-035-037-039-041-043-045-
047-049-051-053-054-057-061-063-069-073-075-077-085-087-089-091-095-
101-103-105-107-109-113-119-123-127-129-133-135-137-139-143-145-147-
149-151-171615-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
915 AM AST MON NOV 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     ALL MUNICIPALITIES EAST OF A LINE FROM BARCELONETA SOUTHWARD   
     TO PONCE...INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES

* UNTIL 12:15 PM AST.

* AT 9 AM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LARGE BANDS OF INTENSE  
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS CONTINUING TO 
ENTER THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO...AND SPREAD 
SOUTHWEST. RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING 
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...AND WILL INDUCE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS OUR 
SATURATED SOILS.

  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.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 17, 5:18 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Nov 17, 5:40 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Nov 17, 10:15 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.