Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 134, NWS JSJ

November 22, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 22, 2003, 1:26 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 22, 2003, 1:26 AM CST (07:26 UTC)
Expired: Nov 22, 2003, 8:30 PM 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 220728
FFWSJU
PRC055-059-111-121-153-221030-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
326 AM AST SAT NOV 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     GUANICA
     GUAYANILLA
     SABANA GRANDE
     YAUCO
     PENUELAS

* UNTIL 630 AM AST

* AT 320 AM 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.

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 221054
FFSSJU
PRC111-121-221145-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
653 AM AST SAT NOV 22 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
     SABANA GRANDE AND PENUELAS

AT 650 AM AST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY 
SHOWERS THAT AFFECTED THE ABOVE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE STARTED TO 
DISSIPATE.  HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE RAINFALL STILL EXISTS 
AND THE MUNICIPALITIES ABOVE ARE PART OF A FLASH FLOOD WATCH 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10 AM AST SATURDAY MORNING.

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	Counties	Lasted
Nov 22, 4:35 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.