Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS JSJ

October 10, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 10, 2003, 11:18 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
Oct 10, 2003, 11:18 AM CDT (16:18 UTC)
Expired
Oct 11, 2003, 6:00 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 101619
FFWSJU
PRC009-015-035-043-057-075-109-123-133-149-101900-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1218 PM AST FRI OCT 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     COAMO
     CAYEY
     AIBONITO
     ARROYO
     PATILLAS
     VILLALBA
     GUAYAMA
     JUANA DIAZ
     SALINAS
     SANTA ISABEL

* UNTIL 300 PM AST

* AT 1210 PM AST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS 
MOVING INLAND FROM JUANA DIAZ...EAST TO ARROYO. THE WATER LEVELS OF 
RIO COAMO IS NEAR FLOOD STAGE...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE 
FLASH FLOODING ALONG THIS RIVER. WITH ALREADY SATURATED TERRAIN...  
OTHER RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES ARE REACTING RAPIDLY WITH ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL . 

  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. 

$$

ROCHE

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 10, 9:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Oct 10, 9:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Oct 10, 12:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Oct 10, 12:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Oct 10, 1:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Oct 10, 2:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Oct 10, 3:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Oct 10, 3:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ20 hr
Oct 10, 3:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Oct 10, 4:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Oct 10, 4:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Oct 10, 5:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Oct 10, 5:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2003Every 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.