Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS JSJ

April 17, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 17, 2003, 4:45 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 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, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 2003, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 172145
FFWSJU
PRC025-063-129-180200-

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

* THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CAGUAS
     GURABO
     SAN LORENZO

* HAS BEEN EXTENDED IN TIME UNTIL 1000 PM AST

* AT 540 PM AST...THE USGS RIVER GAUGE INDICATED THAT THE WATER 
LEVELS OF RIO GURABO IN GURABO CONTINUES TO BE WELL ABOVE FLOOD 
STAGE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THESE MUNICIPALITIES 
THROUGH THIS EVENING. CIVIL DEFENSE IN GURABO REPORTED RIO GURABO 
OUT OF ITS BANKS AFFECTING ROADS 181...ROAD 944 AND ROAD 943. 

  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. 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	Lasted
Apr 17, 8:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Apr 17, 9:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Apr 17, 11:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	20 hr
Apr 17, 11:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Apr 17, 12:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Apr 17, 1:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Apr 17, 2:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	22 hr
Apr 17, 3:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	22 hr
Apr 17, 3:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	22 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.