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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS JSJ

May 8, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2004, 4:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 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 8, 2004, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2004, 12:00 PM CDT
In force: 20 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 082137
FFWSJU
PRC001-039-073-081-141-090100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
530 PM AST SAT MAY 8 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CIALES
     JAYUYA
     ADJUNTAS
     UTUADO
     LARES

* UNTIL 900 PM AST

* AT 515 PM AST...USGS RIVER GAUGES INDICATED WATER LEVELS OF RIO 
YUNES IN UTUADO...AND RIO GUAJATACA IN NORTHERN LARES WERE ABOVE 
FLOOD STAGE. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING 
AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 900 PM. MUDSLIDES MAY ALSO OCCUR OVER THESE 
MUNICIPALITIES. 

  THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES         
  WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. 

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A FLASH FLOOD...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 1817 6675 1819 6657 1830 6654 1831 6649
          1836 6656 1831 6658 1831 6663 1830 6670
          1830 6680 1831 6689 1821 6689

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 4:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 hr

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.