Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS JSJ

April 23, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 23, 2003, 4:48 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 23, 2003, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2003, 11:00 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 232148
FFWSJU
PRC047-240000-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
548 PM AST WED APR 23 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

     COROZAL

* UNTIL 800 PM AST

* AT 543 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER COROZAL WITH ADDITIONAL 
SHOWERS AND STORMS JUST TO THE WEST. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 
2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA AND 
IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. IN ADDITION...USGS RIVER GAUGES SHOWED RIO 
CIBUCO APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE AND IT WILL LIKELY GO OVER ITS BANKS 
WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. MUDSLIDES ARE LIKELY OVER AREAS OF STEEP 
TERRAIN.

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.

$$

SEELEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 5:06 PM CDT	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.