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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS JSJ

September 8, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2003, 1:27 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: Sep 8, 2003, 1:27 PM CDT (18:27 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2003, 8:30 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 081829
FFWSJU
PRC037-103-082130-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
227 PM AST MON SEP 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

     INCLUDING RIO DAGUAO AND ALL ITS TRIBUTARIES     
 
* UNTIL 530 PM AST

* AT 216 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 
PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AFFECTING COASTAL SECTIONS OF 
CEIBA...SPREADING NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS ROOSEVELT ROADS AND INTO 
INTERIOR CEIBA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 
HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 60 MINUTE.

  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.

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 082140
FFSSJU
PRC037-103-082245-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
539 PM AST MON SEP 8 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
     NAGUABO AND CEIBA

AT 533 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH 
AFFECTED THIS AREA EARLIER HAS ENDED.

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.

$$

GREGORIA

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.