Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 131, NWS JSJ

November 18, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 18, 2003, 10:20 AM CST. It was in force for 16 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 18, 2003, 10:20 AM CST (16:20 UTC)
Expired
Nov 19, 2003, 2:15 AM CST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Area
Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 181622
FFWSJU
PRC077-085-103-181820-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1220 PM AST TUE NOV 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     JUNCOS
     NAGUABO
     LAS PIEDRAS

* UNTIL 1215 PM AST

* AT 1202 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY   
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THESE MUNICIPALITIES AND 
EXPECTED TO LINGER FOR ONE MORE HOUR. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH 
FLOODING. 

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 18, 10:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Nov 18, 10:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Nov 18, 11:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ21 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2003Every 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.