Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS JSJ

May 17, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2003, 3:30 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: May 17, 2003, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2003, 9:30 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 172032
FFWSJU
PRC021-033-061-172200-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
430 PM AST SAT MAY 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES OF
     BAYAMON
     GUAYNABO
     CATANO

* UNTIL 630 PM AST

* AT 425 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A VERY 
HEAVY SHOWER OCCURRING OVER THE SECTORS OF THESE MUNICIPALITIES. 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED OVER THREE INCHES DURING THE LAST 
THREE HOURS AND THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 
HOUR.                                                               

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 172158
FFSSJU
PRC021-033-061-172300-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
557 PM AST SAT MAY 17 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
     BAYAMON...GUAYNABO AND CATANO

AT 555 PM AST THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH AFFECTED THIS AREA EARLIER
HAS DISSIPATED OR MOVED AWAY.

THEREFORE 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.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 5:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		21 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.