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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS JSJ

August 20, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 20, 2003, 2:57 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 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 20, 2003, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired: Aug 21, 2003, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 201957
FFWSJU
PRC023-202100-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
357 PM AST WED AUG 20 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY
  IN PUERTO RICO

     CABO ROJO

* UNTIL 500 PM AST

* AT 355 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER CABO ROJO. ALREADY 
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT CLOSE TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN JUST 
WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 
CONTINUE...WHICH WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

  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.

$$

DG

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 202059
FFSSJU
PRC023-202200-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
500 PM AST WED AUG 20 2003

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF 

     CABO ROJO

...HAS EXPIRED...

AT 455 PM AST DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

$$

RIVERA

Nearby

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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.