Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS JSJ

October 26, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 26, 2003, 1:57 PM CST. 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 26, 2003, 1:57 PM CST (19:57 UTC)
Expired: Oct 27, 2003, 9:00 AM CST
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 261958 CCA
FFWSJU
PRC081-262300-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
357 PM AST SUN OCT 26 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY
  IN PUERTO RICO
     LARES

* UNTIL 700 PM AST

* AT 355 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER LARES. IN ADDITION...A U.S.G.S. 
RIVER GAGE IN LARES INDICATED THAT THE RIO GUAJATACA HAS RISEN 
RAPIDLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FROM RAINFALL ACCUMULATION FROM PREVIOUS 
RAINS. 

  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. 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 262228 CCA
FFSSJU
PRC081-262330-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
630 PM AST SUN OCT 26 2003

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF LARES 
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. 

AT 620 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT AFFECTED THE MUNICIPALITY OF LARES 
THIS AFTERNOON HAVE WEAKENED. ONLY ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS WILL 
REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER 
EXPECTED  AND THE WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY LINGERING WATER ON 
THE ROADWAYS AND HIGH STREAM OR RIVER LEVELS THROUGH EARLY THIS 
EVENING.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 26, 5:52 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 hr

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.