Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS JSJ

Issued

Oct 6, 2003, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)

Expired

Oct 7, 2003, 9:00 AM CDT

In force

17 hr

Issued by

NWS JSJ

Area

Whole counties

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 062039
FFWSJU
PRC081-062200-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
435 PM AST MON OCT 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...   
  LOCATIONS ALONG THE RIO GUAJATACA IN LARES

* UNTIL 600 PM AST

* AT 435 PM AST...A USGS RIVER LEVEL SENSOR INDICATED THAT THE RIO 
GUAJATACA WAS AT 12.9 FEET...OR ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE 
RIVER CONTINUES TO RISE FROM THE AFTERNOON HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 
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 ALONG THIS RIVER SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FOLLOW 
INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.

$$

DG

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 062203
FFSSJU
PRC081-062300-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
605 PM AST MON OCT 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS DISCONTINUED

  THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...   
  LOCATIONS ALONG THE RIO GUAJATACA IN LARES


AT 5:55 PM AST...THE USGS RIVER LEVEL SENSOR ALONG THE RIO GUAJATACA 
IN LARES INDICATED THAT THE RIVER LEVEL HAD FALLEN DURING THE PAST 
HOUR JUST AS RAPIDLY AS IT ROSE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. WATER LEVELS 
ARE RETURNING TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS...AND FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS. 
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN DISCONTINUED. 

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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