Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS JSJ

September 25, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 2003, 5:54 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 25, 2003, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired: Sep 26, 2003, 12:00 PM 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 252259
FFWSJU
PRC047-101-105-135-143-145-260100-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
654 PM AST THU SEP 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     COROZAL
     NARANJITO
     MOROVIS
     TOA ALTA
     VEGA ALTA
     VEGA BAJA

* UNTIL 900 PM AST

* AT 650 PM AST...THE CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED A FLOOD IN THE 
MUNICIPALITY OF COROZAL ALONG THE RIO CIBUCO. THE BRIDGE AT HIGHWAY 
807 AND OTHER SECTIONS OF THE HIGHWAY HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITH WATER.

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 260101
FFSSJU
PRC047-101-105-135-143-145-260200-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
859 PM AST THU SEP 25 2003

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR THE FOLLOWING 
MUNICIPALITIES

IN PUERTO RICO
     COROZAL...NARANJITO...MOROVIS...TOA ALTA...VEGA ALTA AND VEGA
     BAJA

AT 850 PM AST THE CIVIL DEFENSE IN COROZAL REPORTED THAT THE FLOOD 
IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF COROZAL ALONG THE RIO CIBUCO HAS DIMINISHED. 
CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE WATER WHICH PREVIOUSLY 
INUNDATED THE BRIDGE AT HIGHWAY 807 AND OTHER SECTIONS OF THE 
HIGHWAY HAVE RECEDED.

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.