Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS JSJ

October 30, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 30, 2003, 2:03 PM CST. It was in force for 18 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 30, 2003, 2:03 PM CST (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Oct 31, 2003, 8:30 AM CST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 302014 CCA
FFWSJU
PRC067-125-302230-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
403 PM AST THU OCT 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     HORMIGUEROS
     SAN GERMAN

* UNTIL 630 PM AST

* AT 411 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEAR 4 
INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE PAST HOUR. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AFFECTING SAN GERMAN...AND HORMIGUEROS 
THROUGH AT LEAST 630 PM. RIO GUANAJIBO AND ALL ITS TRIBUTARIES AND 
ASSOCIATED SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD BECOME OUT OF THEIR BANKS 
AT LEAST 630 PM. 

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

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 302244 CCA
FFSSJU
PRC067-125-302300-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...COR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
635 PM AST THU OCT 30 2003

CORRECTION...THIS IS A CANCELLATION STATEMENT

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS DISCONTINUED

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES   
IN PUERTO RICO
     HORMIGUEROS
     SAN GERMAN

AT 6:30 PM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED INTENSE AFTERNOON 
THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED SOUTHWESTWARD AND OVER WATER DURING THE PAST 
HOUR...LEAVING AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS THE FORMER 
WARNING AREA. RIO GUANAJIBO IN SAN GERMAN REMAINS VERY HIGH...BUT 
HAS YET TO FLOW OUT OF ITS BANKS. WATER LEVELS IN TRIBUTARIES OF RIO 
GUANAJIBO WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...BUT OTHERWISE... 
FLASH FLOODING DUE TO TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE 
NEXT FEW HOURS. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN 
DISCONTINUED.

$$

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.