Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS JSJ

April 17, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 17, 2003, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 22 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
Apr 17, 2003, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2003, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Area
Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 172006
FFWSJU
PRC075-111-113-149-055-059-079-153-180200-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
400 PM AST THU APR 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

     VILLALBA
     PENUELAS
     JUANA DIAZ
     PONCE
     YAUCO
     GUAYANILLA
     GUANICA
     LAJAS

* UNTIL 1000 PM AST

* THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS AND STREAMS WITHIN THE WARNING 
AREA.

* AT 400 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED CONTINUING SHOWERS 
AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING 
SOUTHWEST OF THE WARNING AREA AND HEADING NORTHEAST. THESE SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 
INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...FURTHER AGGRAVATING ONGOING 
FLOODING AND RESULTING IN NEW FLOODING DEVELOPING. MUDSLIDES WILL 
OCCUR OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY OUT OF ALL 
LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS. T

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS 
BEEN REPORTED. MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 
FLOODED ROADS AND AREAS...AS YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE MIGHT BE SWEPT 
AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AND TAKE THE 
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS AFFECT YOUR AREA. FOLLOW 
INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 8:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Apr 17, 9:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Apr 17, 11:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ20 hr
Apr 17, 11:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Apr 17, 12:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Apr 17, 1:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Apr 17, 2:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ22 hr
Apr 17, 3:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ22 hr
Apr 17, 4:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ20 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.