Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS JSJ

May 8, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2004, 7:25 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 8, 2004, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2004, 2:00 PM 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 090029
FFWSJU
PRC013-039-141-090300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING 
MUNICIPALITIES

   IN PUERTO RICO
     ARECIBO
     CIALES
     UTUADO

* UNTIL 1100 PM AST

* AT 818 PM AST...USGS RIVER GAUGES INDICATED WATER LEVELS OF TANAMA 
IN ARECIBO...AND RIO LIMON IN UTUADO WERE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. FLASH 
FLOODING IS EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST 11 PM. 

  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 1855 6662 1842 6660 1833 6661 1834 6649
          1828 6649 1826 6654 1832 6657 1825 6664
          1825 6674 1832 6678 1835 6669 1850 6668

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 8:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	20 hr
May 9, 9:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
May 9, 1:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	20 hr
May 9, 4:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 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.