Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS JSJ

May 17, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2003, 5:45 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 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, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2003, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 172254
FFWSJU
PRC003-011-081-099-131-180330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     MOCA
     SAN SEBASTIAN
     ANASCO
     AGUADA
     LARES

* UNTIL 1130 PM AST

* AT 640 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SOME LINGERING SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST PUERTO RICO PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. RIVER 
GAUGES ON MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREA 
SHOWED RIVERS RISING RAPIDLY AND SOME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ALTHOUGH 
THE RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH THROUGH 800 PM...RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO 
RISE AND FLOODING ALONG THESE RIVERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE 
EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY ALONG RIO GRANDE DE ANASCO...RIO 
CULEBRINAS...RIO GUAJATACA AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES.

THE CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED SEVERAL HOUSES FLOODED IN SAN SEBASTIAN. 
IN AGUADA...ANASCO AND MOCA SOME ROADS REMAIN INTRANSITABLE AND SOME 
STREAMS REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS. IN LARES THERE WAS A RIVER OUT OF 
ITS BANK AND TWO LANDSLIDES.

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.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 3:30 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.