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Flash Flood Warning 133, NWS JSJ

November 18, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 18, 2003, 11:22 AM CST. It was in force for 21 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, 11:22 AM CST (17:22 UTC)
Expired: Nov 19, 2003, 8:00 AM CST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 181723
FFWSJU
PRC001-003-005-007-009-011-013-015-017-019-021-023-025-027-029-031-
033-035-037-039-041-043-045-047-051-053>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-
137-139-141-143-145-149-151-153-182200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL PUERTO RICO...EXCEPT VIEQUES AND     
  CULEBRA

* UNTIL 600 PM AST

* AT 114 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED NUMEROUS 
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 
DEVELOPING OVER MOST PARTS OF PUERTO RICO. SOILS OVER MOST OF PUERTO 
RICO ARE SATURATED AND THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE FLASH 
FLOODING OF RIVERS...CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS...AND ROADS THROUGH AT 
LEAST 600 PM. 

  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.  FOLLOW 
INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.

$$

ROCHE

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 18, 10:20 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Nov 18, 10:20 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	16 hr
Nov 18, 10:50 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.