Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS JSJ

April 19, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 19, 2003, 12:28 AM CDT. 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 19, 2003, 12:28 AM CDT (05:28 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2003, 6:00 PM 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 190531
FFWSJU
PRC017-091-190700-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
128 AM AST SAT APR 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

* UNTIL 300 AM AST

* AT 123 AM AST...RIVER GAUGES INDICATED THAT THE RIO GRANDE DE 
MANATI AT MANATI HAS FLOODED. FLOOD WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO CREST 
WITHIN THE HOUR AND THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AFTER THAT.


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.

$$

SNELL

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 190644
FFSSJU
PRC017-091-190945-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
238 AM AST SAT APR 19 2003

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR THE FOLLOWING 
MUNICIPALITIES

IN PUERTO RICO
     MANATI AND BARCELONETA

AT 300 AM AST.

RIO MANATI AT MANATI HAS CRESTED AND IS NOW SUBSIDING. AT 230 AM AST 
IT WAS STILL WITHIN ONE FOOT OF FLOOD STAGE AND THEREFORE POSES 
CONSIDERABLE DANGER TO THOSE WHO ARE NEARBY. STREAMS THAT RUN INTO 
THE RIVER MAY REMAIN VERY HIGH AND LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE RIVER 
MAY REMAIN INUNDATED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. 

NIGHT CROSSINGS OF WATER RUNNING ACROSS ROADS SHOULD NEVER BE 
ATTEMPTED.

$$

SNELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 18, 8:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		20 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.