Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS JSJ

April 24, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 24, 2003, 1:30 PM 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 24, 2003, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2003, 8:30 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 241830
FFWSJU
PRC007-025-035-041-242130-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
230 PM AST THU APR 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CAGUAS
     CIDRA
     CAYEY
     AGUAS BUENAS

* UNTIL 530 PM AST

* AT 227 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY 
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MUNICIPALITIES LISTED 
ABOVE. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES IN ONE 
HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS.

  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.

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 242102
FFSSJU
PRC007-025-035-041-242200-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
503 PM AST THU APR 24 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM FOR THE   
   MUNICIPALITIES OF CAGUAS...CIDRA...CAYEY AND AGUAS BUENAS HAS     
   BEEN CANCELLED...
     
AT 458 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE AFFECTING THESE AREAS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON 
HAD ENDED. ALSO...USGS RIVER LEVEL SENSORS INDICATED THAT RIVERS 
WITHIN THE FORMER WARNING AREA...INCLUDING RIO CAGUITAS HAVE FALLEN 
BELOW FLOOD STAGE AND CONTINUED TO FALL STEADILY. NO ADDITIONAL 
HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLOODING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. 
THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

HOWEVER...MOTORISTS AND RESIDENTS...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR...AND 
STAY AWAY FROM ANY LEFTOVER FLOODED AREAS OR PONDED WATER ON 
ROADWAYS.

$$

SEELEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 7:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		18 hr
Apr 23, 9:00 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.