Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS JSJ

May 21, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 2003, 4:24 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
May 21, 2003, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2003, 11:00 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 212125
FFWSJU
PRC045-105-220000-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
524 PM AST WED MAY 21 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

* UNTIL 800 PM AST

* AT 517 PM AST...THE U.S.G.S RIVER GAUGE IN COMERIO INDICATED THAT 
THE RIO LA PLATA WATER LEVELS WERE OVER FLOOD STAGE. THIS RIVER WILL 
LIKELY GO OUT OF ITS BANKS THROUGH AT LEAST 800 PM TONIGHT. 

  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.

$$

ROCHE

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 2:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
May 21, 4:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
May 21, 5:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
May 21, 6:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2003Every 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.