Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS JSJ

August 15, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 2003, 11:15 AM 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: Aug 15, 2003, 11:15 AM CDT (16:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2003, 5:15 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 151617
FFWSJU
PRC021-033-061-127-137-151815-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1215 PM AST FRI AUG 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     SAN JUAN
     BAYAMON
     GUAYNABO
     CATANO
     TOA BAJA

* UNTIL 215 PM AST

* AT 1204 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH 
VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING FROM RIO PIEDRAS NORTHWEST TO CATANO AND 
TOA BAJA...NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PERSIST ACROSS 
THESE AREAS FOR THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS. CIVIL DEFENSE IN CATANO REPORTED FLOODED 
STREETS THERE WERE INTRANSITABLE. 

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 151819
FFSSJU
PRC021-033-061-127-137-151930-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
225 PM AST FRI AUG 15 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
     SAN JUAN...BAYAMON...GUAYNABO...CATANO AND TOA BAJA

AT 150 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE AFFECTING THESE MUNICIPALITIES EARLIER 
THIS AFTERNOON HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY OR MOVED AWAY FROM THE 
AREA. ALTHOUGH A SCATTERED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS STILL POSSIBLE 
ACROSS THE FORMER ADVISORY AREA. NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS 
EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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.

$$

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.