Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS JSJ

April 21, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 21, 2003, 4:31 PM 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 21, 2003, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2003, 10:30 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 212132
FFWSJU
PRC013-027-065-222330-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
531 PM AST MON APR 21 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

     CAMUY
     HATILLO
     ARECIBO

* UNTIL 730 PM AST

* AT 530 PM AST...THE CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING 
OVER THESE AREAS WITH SOME CREEKS OVER THERE BANKS. HEAVY SHOWERS 
CONTINUING DEVELOPING ACROSS THESE MUNICIPALITIES...WITH THE 
HEAVIEST RAIN FOCUSED ALONG COASTAL AREAS.

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 212330
FFSSJU
PRC013-027-065-220030-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
730 PM AST MON APR 21 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...

     CAMUY...HATILLO AND ARECIBO

AT 730 PM...THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH AFFECTED THESE AREAS EARLIER 
HAS DISSIPATED. ALSO...CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED THAT STREAMS ARE NOW 
WITHIN THERE BANKS...AND WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE. 
THEREFORE...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.

$$

DG

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 21, 1:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 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.