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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS JSJ

May 7, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 2004, 12:11 PM 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2004, 12:11 PM CDT (17:11 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2004, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 071715
FFWSJU
PRC081-072000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
111 PM AST FRI MAY 7 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY
  IN PUERTO RICO
     LARES

* UNTIL 400 PM AST

* AT 108 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
  RAIN OVER ALMOST ALL OF LARES MUNICIPALITY. THE RAIN WAS MOVING    
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 11 MPH.

RIO GUAJATACA HAS JUST PAST FLOOD STAGE OF 12 FEET AT 1 PM AND WILL 
LIKELY RISE A FEW FEET HIGHER BETWEEN 1 AND 2 PM. 

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.

LAT...LON 1832 6690 1825 6684 1829 6681 1836 6685

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 071805
FFSSJU
PRC081-071845-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
215 PM AST THU MAY 7 2004

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF

     LARES

...HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 2 05 PM AST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
HEAVY RAIN WHICH AFFECTED THIS AREA EARLIER HAS DISSIPATED.

THEREFORE FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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.

$$

SNELL

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2004 Every 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.