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Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS JSJ

November 10, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 10, 2003, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 20 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: Nov 10, 2003, 1:00 PM CST (19:00 UTC)
Expired: Nov 11, 2003, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 101900
FFWSJU
PRC021-031-033-061-087-127-139-102300-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
300 PM AST MON NOV 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXPANDED IN TIME AND 
AREA THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CAROLINA
     SAN JUAN
     TRUJILLO ALTO
     BAYAMON
     GUAYNABO
     CATANO
     LOIZA

* UNTIL 700 PM AST

* AT 255 PM AST...THE CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED FLOODED AREAS IN THE 
SAN JUAN METROPOLITAN AREA AND ADJACENT MUNICIPALITIES. HEAVY RAINS 
EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON CREATED FLASH FLOOD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE 
WARNING AREA AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE 
WARNING AREA.

  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 102207
FFSSJU
PRC021-031-033-061-087-127-139-102245-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
607 PM AST MON NOV 10 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM THIS 
EVENING FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES OF CAROLINA...SAN JUAN...TRUJILLO 
ALTO...BAYAMON...GUAYNABO...CATANO AND LOIZA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 602 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE AFFECTING THE FORMER WARNING AREA 
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAD DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY OR MOVED AWAY 
FROM THE AREA. ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SHOWERS OR A THUNDERSTORM ARE 
STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...THE 
IMMEDIATE LIKELIHOOD OF ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLASH 
FLOODING HAS ENDED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS 
CANCELLED.

HOWEVER...RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE 
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT TO THE WEATHER FOR AT 
LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE DEVELOPING OVER THE LOCAL 
ISLANDS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO 
RICO...INCLUDING VIEQUES AND CULEBRA AND ALL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN 
ISLANDS UNTIL 600 AM TUESDAY MORNING. 

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR THE 
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE 
IN SAN JUAN. 

$$

SEELEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 11:28 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 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.