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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Guam

August 21, 2004

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 2:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGUM13 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Guam, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.