Alert archive / Guam / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Guam
NWS Guam issued this flash flood warning at Aug 21, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 21, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2004, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Guam
- Area
- Whole counties
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGMY50 PGUM 220227 CCA FFWMY GUZ001-280500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 12 PM LST SUN AUG 22 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TIYAN GUAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... THE VILLAGES OF SANTA RITA...AGAT...UMATAC...MALESSO AND INARANJAN * UNTIL 300 PM LST TODAY * AT 12 PM LST...SATELLITE AND DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IMAGERY INDICATE A LARGE RAIN BAND MOVING TOWARD SOUTHERN GUAM. THIS RAIN BAND MAY BRING RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR OR MORE. * EXPECT FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR IN VALLEYS...AT THE BASE OF MOUNTAINS...ALONG RIVERS AND STREAMS...ALONG ROADWAYS AND IN LOW-LYING AREAS. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW-LYING AREA...AT THE BASE OF MOUNTAIN VALLEYS... OR NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS...GO TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE. AVOID DRIVING IN THE WARNED AREA. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROAD. $$ PRIOR
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Guam wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 21, 9:51 AM CDT, 11 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 9:51 AM CDT, 11 hours 9 minutes before
AREA SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 1 AM GUAM LST SUN AUG 22 2004 WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC BETWEEN EQUATOR AND 25N FROM 130E TO 180. TYPHOON CHABA IS CENTERED ABOUT 350 MILES EAST OF GUAM NEAR 14N150E AND IS MOVING WEST AT 16 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 85 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES FROM THE CENTER. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FURTHER OUT TO AN AREA BETWEEN 9N AND 17N FROM 146E TO 153E. SEE NWS PUBLIC ADVISORY WTPQ32 PGUM AND JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER BULLETIN WTPN32 PGTW FOR FURTHER DETAILS. TYPHOON AERE IS CENTERED NEAR 19N131E AND IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 75 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 120 MILES FROM THE CENTER. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FURTHER OUT TO AN AREA BETWEEN 15N AND 22N FROM 130E TO 134E AND BETWEEN 22N AND 25N FROM 130E TO 140E. SEE JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER BULLETIN WTPN33 PGTW FOR FURTHER DETAILS. A MONSOON TROUGH STRETCHES FROM TYPHOON AERE TO TYPHOON CHABA TO 8N168E. THE EAST END OF THE TROUGH IS PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS POHNPEI AND KOSRAE STATES WITHIN 140 MILES OF A LINE FROM 13N153E TO 6N165E...AND NEAR ENEWETAK BETWEEN 11N AND 15N FROM 160E TO 164E. CONVERGENT TRADE WINDS ARE GENERATING SCATTERED SHOWERS NORTHEAST OF MAJURO BETWEEN 7N AND 14N FROM 171E TO 180 AND SOUTH OF MAJURO BETWEEN 2N AND 4N FROM 171E TO 173E.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Guam issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GUM | 13 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.