Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 135, NWS JSJ

November 22, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 22, 2003, 4:35 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, 4:35 AM CST (10:35 UTC)
Expired: Nov 23, 2003, 12:00 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 221035
FFWSJU
PRC055-059-153-221400-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED  

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

* UNTIL 10 AM AST SATURDAY MORNING

* AT 620 AM AST...CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS IN GUANICA REPORTED THE 
RIO LOCO IS STILL OUT OF ITS BANKS IN SECTORS MAGUEYES AND LAGUNA. 
IN ADDITION A LANDSLIDE OCCURRED ON ROAD 116. 

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 22, 1:26 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.