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Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS JSJ

September 21, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 2003, 2:15 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: Sep 21, 2003, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired: Sep 22, 2003, 8:15 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 211917
FFWSJU
PRC025-035-212115-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
315 PM AST SUN SEP 21 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CAGUAS
     CAYEY

* UNTIL 515 PM AST

* AT 309 PM AST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CAYEY AND CAGUAS. 
THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR WERE ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER 
RADAR ACROSS BOTH MUNICIPALITIES. 


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.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 21, 1:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		18 hr

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.