Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS JSJ

October 10, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 10, 2003, 12:40 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
Oct 10, 2003, 12:40 PM CDT (17:40 UTC)
Expired
Oct 11, 2003, 7:30 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 101741
FFWSJU
PRC067-097-102030-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
140 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...

     HORMIGUEROS
     MAYAGUEZ

* UNTIL 430 PM AST

* AT 135 PM AST...RADAR SHOWED RAIN CONTINUING OVER SOUTHWEST PUERTO 
RICO. THE RIVER GAGE ON THE RIO GUANAJIBO SHOWED THAT IT WAS RISING 
AND ONLY 1 FOOT BELOW ITS FLOOD STAGE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS 
AFTERNOON IS FORECAST TO SEND THIS RIVER OUT OF ITS BANKS.

  THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WITHIN  
  THE WARNING AREA AS THEY HAVE ALL RECEIVED CONSIDERABLE RAIN.

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.

$$

DG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 102044
FFSSJU
PRC067-097-102145-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
443 PM AST FRI OCT 10 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

     HORMIGUEROS AND MAYAGUEZ

AT 440 PM...THE RIVER LEVEL SENSOR OF THE RIO GUANAJIBO SHOWED THAT 
THE RIVER WAS BELOW FLOOD STAGE AND FALLING. RAINFALL HAS ALSO 
DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA.

THEREFORE FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED

$$

DG

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, 11:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Oct 10, 12:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 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

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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.