Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS JSJ

April 5, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 5, 2003, 12:07 PM 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, 12:07 PM CST (18:07 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2003, 7:00 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 051808
FFWSJU
PRC107-052000-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
207 PM AST SAT APR 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY   IN PUERTO 
RICO...

     OROCOVIS

* UNTIL 400 PM AST

* AT 204 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER OROCOVIS. THE STORM WAS 
NEARLY STATIONARY. DOPPLER RADAR ALREADY ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 4 
INCHES HAS FALLEN. HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF OVER TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 

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.

$$

DG

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 052000
FFSSJU
PRC107-052200-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
359 PM AST SAT APR 5 2003

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING
MUNICIPALITY

IN PUERTO RICO
     OROCOVIS

AT 353 PM AST THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH AFFECTED THIS AREA EARLIER 
HAS DISSIPATED.

FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN 
DISCONTINUED.

ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO
REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY LINGERING WATER ON THE ROADWAYS AND HIGH STREAM
OR RIVER LEVELS.

$$

SNELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 10:45 AM 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.