Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 78, NWS JSJ

October 26, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 26, 2003, 5:52 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, 5:52 PM CST (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Oct 27, 2003, 12:45 PM 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 262358
FFWSJU
PRC003-270245-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
752 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
     AGUADA

* UNTIL 1045 PM AST

* AT 745 PM AST...USGS RIVER LEVEL SENSOR AT THE COLOSO DAM IN  
AGUADA INDICATED THAT RIVER CULEBRINAS WAS ONE FOOT BELOW THE FLOOD 
STAGE OF 14 FEET.

HEAVY RAINS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES DURING THE AFTERNOON IN THE 
MUNICIPALITY OF LARES HAVE CAUSED THE RIVER TO SWOLLEN. THE MOCA 
USGS SENSOR WAS INDICATING THE RIVER CLOSE TO THE FLOOD STAGE OF 24 
FEET. 

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 270252
FFSSJU
PRC003-270300-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1047 PM AST SUN OCT 26 2003

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN FOR AGUADA HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED BY A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR RIVER CULEBRINAS IN AGUADA UNTIL 145 AM MONDAY.  

AT 1041 PM AST A  RIVER LEVEL SENSOR INDICATED THAT THE WATER LEVELS 
AT THE COLOSO DAM WERE AT THE FLOOD STAGE OF 14.13 FEET AND STILL 
INCREASING SLOWLY.

THESE CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE RIVER FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG 
THE CULEBRINAS RIVER IN THE COLOSO VALLEY. 

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
RIVER RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING OR VERY RAPIDLY RISING
WATER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT THE WATER WILL FLOW OUT OF THE RIVER 
BANKS. MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED 
ROADS AND AREAS...AS YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE MIGHT BE SWEPT AWAY BY 
FLOOD WATERS.  


$$

RM

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 26, 1:57 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.