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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS JSJ

August 26, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2003, 12:04 AM 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: Aug 26, 2003, 12:04 AM CDT (05:04 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2003, 7:00 PM 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 260504
FFWSJU
PRC015-035-057-109-260800-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
104 AM AST TUE AUG 26 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CAYEY
     ARROYO
     PATILLAS
     GUAYAMA

* UNTIL 400 AM AST

* AT 1250 AM AST...THE CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND 
SOME RESIDENTIAL FLOODING ACROSS SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST PUERTO RICO. 
DOPPLER RADAR AND U.S.G.S. RAIN GAGES ALSO INDICATED HEAVY RAIN AND 
INCREASING LIKELIHOOD FOR FLOODING. MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE OVER 
AREAS WITH STEEP TERRAIN.

  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.

$$

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.