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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS JSJ

August 23, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2003, 3:16 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: Aug 23, 2003, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2003, 9:00 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 232018
FFWSJU
PRC081-232200-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
416 PM AST SAT AUG 23 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

* UNTIL 600 PM AST

* AT 412 PM AST...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED   
  4   MILES SOUTHWEST OF LARES...STATIONARY.  THE LARES RIVER HAS    
  RISEN SIX FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.

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.

$$

SNELL

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 232154
FFSSJU
PRC081-232245-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
551 PM AST SAT AUG 23 2003

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING
MUNICIPALITY

IN PUERTO RICO
     LARES

AT 5:47 PM AST...THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH AFFECTED THIS AREA 
EARLIER HAS DISSIPATED OR MOVED AWAY. THE RIVER SENSORS ACROSS THIS 
AREA ALSO INDICATES THAT WATER LEVELS ARE RECEDING AND NOW BELOW 
FLOOD STAGE. 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.

$$

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.