Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS JSJ

April 18, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 18, 2003, 11:25 AM CDT. 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
Apr 18, 2003, 11:25 AM CDT (16:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2003, 6:30 AM CDT
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 181629
FFWSJU
PRC001-039-055-059-073-075-107-111-113-141-149-153-181930-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1225 PM AST FRI APR 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXPANDED IN AREA AND    
  TIME 

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES IN PUERTO   
  RICO
     GUANICA
     CIALES
     GUAYANILLA
     JAYUYA
     ADJUNTAS
     OROCOVIS
     UTUADO
     YAUCO
     VILLALBA
     PENUELAS
     JUANA DIAZ
     PONCE

* UNTIL 330 PM AST

* AT 1215 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORM WITH 
HEAVY AND VERY HEAVY RAIN SPREADING FROM THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS 
NORTH AND NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL COASTAL 
MUNICIPALITIES AND INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE ISLAND. RAINFALL RATES 
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE BEING ESTIMATED BY THE NWS DOPPLER 
RADAR...AND WILL INDUCE FLASH FLOODING...AND RIVER AND STREAM 
FLOODING DURING THE NEXT 15 TO 45 MINUTES ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF 
THE WARNING AREA.

  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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 9:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ21 hr
Apr 18, 10:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Apr 18, 12:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Apr 18, 1:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Apr 18, 2:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Apr 18, 3:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Apr 18, 5:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 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.