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Flash Flood Warning 88, NWS JSJ

November 11, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 11, 2003, 1:58 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: Nov 11, 2003, 1:58 PM CST (19:58 UTC)
Expired: Nov 12, 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 111958
FFWSJU
PRC015-057-095-109-123-112300-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
358 PM AST TUE NOV 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     ARROYO
     PATILLAS
     MAUNABO
     GUAYAMA
     SALINAS

*THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WITHIN 
THE WARNING AREA.

* UNTIL 700 PM AST

* AT 353 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AFFECTING THE 
WARNING AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA AND IT 
CONTINUED TO RAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY 
THROUGH 700 PM AND THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH AND RIVER FLOODING 
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE LIKELY OVER 
AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

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.

$$

SEELEY

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 120024
FFSSJU
PRC015-057-095-109-123-120120-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
822 PM AST TUE NOV 11 2003

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING
MUNICIPALITIES

IN PUERTO RICO
     ARROYO...PATILLAS...MAUNABO...GUAYAMA AND SALINAS

AT 815 PM AST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY 
RAIN WHICH AFFECTED THIS AREA EARLIER HAS DISSIPATED OR MOVED AWAY. 
IN ADDITION...USGS RIVER GAGES IN OR NEAR THESE MUNICIPALITIES 
INDICATE THAT THE RIVER LEVELS ARE SUBSIDING. RESIDENTS SHOULD STILL 
USE CAUTION AS THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS 
THESE AREAS.

THEREFORE FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED

ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO
REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY LINGERING WATER ON THE ROADWAYS AND HIGH STREAM
OR RIVER LEVELS.

$$

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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.