Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS JSJ

November 11, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 11, 2003, 6:10 PM CST. It was in force for 21 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, 6:10 PM CST (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 2003, 3:00 PM CST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Area
Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 120012
FFWSJU
PRC009-045-120500-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
810 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
     COMERIO
     AIBONITO

* UNTIL 100 AM AST WEDNESDAY MORNING

* AT 810 PM AST...USGS RIVER GAGES IN AIBONITO AND COMERIO INDICATED 
THAT THE RIO DE LA PLATA IN COMERIO AND AIBONITO HAD REACHED FLOOD 
STAGE AND WERE STILL RISING. 

  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.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 120511 CCA
FFSSJU
PRC009-045-120530-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
100 AM AST WED NOV 12 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
     COMERIO AND AIBONITO

AT 1255 AM AST UGSG RIVER GAGES INDICATED THAT THE RIO DE LA PLATA 
IN COMERIO AND AIBONITO HAD BEGUN TO RECEDE. 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.

$$
000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 120501
FFSSJU
PRC009-045-120530-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
810 AM AST WED NOV 12 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
     COMERIO AND AIBONITO

AT 1255 AM AST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RIO 
DE LA PLATA IN COMERIO AND AIBONITO HAD BEGUN TO RECEDE. 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.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 12, 5:16 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Nov 12, 5:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Nov 12, 5:53 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Nov 12, 6:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Nov 12, 6:57 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Nov 12, 7:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Nov 12, 9:16 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Nov 12, 10:55 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ22 hr
Nov 12, 1:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Nov 12, 4:03 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ22 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2003Every 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.