Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS JSJ

April 5, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 5, 2003, 10:45 AM CST. It was in force for 18 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 5, 2003, 10:45 AM CST (16:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2003, 6:00 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 051652
FFWSJU
PRC119-051900-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1245 PM AST SAT APR 5 2003

A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
SAN JUAN EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM AST SATURDAY AFTERNOON

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY
IN PUERTO RICO... 

     RIO GRANDE

FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE RIO GRANDE.

AT 1244 PM AST A RIVER LEVEL SENSOR INDICATED THAT THE WATER LEVELS 
WERE NEARING FLOOD STAGE AND ARE EXPECTED TO GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE 
BEFORE 100 PM.

THESE CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE RIVER FLOODING OF AREAS ALONG THIS RIVER.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
RIVER RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING OR VERY RAPIDLY RISING
WATER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT THE WATER WILL FLOW OUT OF THE RIVER
BANKS.

$$

DG

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 051859
FFSSJU
PRC119-052100-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
255 PM AST SAT APR 05 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
     RIO GRANDE

AT 250 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 
ENDED IN THE BASIN SERVED BY RIO GRANDE. THE USGS RIVER GAUGE AT RIO 
GRANDE HAS SUBSIDED BELOW FLOOD WARNING AT 13 FEET AND IT IS NOT 
EXPECTED TO RETURN TO FLOOD LEVELS WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 

ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO 
REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY LINGERING WATER ON THE ROADWAYS THROUGH THE 
AFTERNOON. ALSO RIO GRANDE REMAINS SWOLLEN WITH RAPIDLY MOVING WATER 
AND IS UNSAFE FOR SWIMMING OR WADING AT THIS TIME.

$$

SNELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 12:07 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		18 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.