Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 74, NWS JSJ

October 10, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 10, 2003, 5:05 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, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Oct 11, 2003, 12:00 PM 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 102207
FFWSJU
PRC015-095-109-129-151-110100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED IN TIME AND 
AREA

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     ARROYO
     PATILLAS
     MAUNABO
     SAN LORENZO
     YABUCOA

* UNTIL 900 PM AST

* AT 600 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF   
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAVE CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THESE 
MUNICIPALITIES. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR 
OVER THESE AREAS. THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM THE PREVIOUS 
RAINFALL...AND THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLASH 
FLOODING ACROSS THESE AREAS.

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.

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, 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, 5:15 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.