Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003

Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS JSJ

April 17, 2003

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 17, 2003, 11:52 AM CDT. 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
Apr 17, 2003, 11:52 AM CDT (16:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2003, 7:00 AM CDT
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 171653
FFWSJU
PRC055-059-079-153-172000-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1252 PM AST THU APR 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED  

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES SOUTHWEST 
OF PUERTO RICO

     YAUCO
     GUAYANILLA
     GUANICA
     LAJAS

* UNTIL 400 PM AST

* AT 1245 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL 
ESTIMATES SHOWED AROUND 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN LAJAS...GUANICA... 
AND GUAYANILLA. CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED THAT THE WATER LEVELS OF RIO 
LOCO IN YAUCO WERE NEAR FLOOD STAGE. SOILS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA 
ARE SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING 
CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES WILL ALSO OCCUR IN AREAS OF 
STEEP TERRAIN.

  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.  LOCAL 
RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY OUT OF RIVERS AND STREAMS. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 
FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.

$$

ROCHE

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 8:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Apr 17, 9:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Apr 17, 11:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ20 hr
Apr 17, 12:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Apr 17, 1:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
Apr 17, 2:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ22 hr
Apr 17, 3:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ22 hr
Apr 17, 3:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ22 hr
Apr 17, 4:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ20 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.