Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS JSJ

May 9, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2004, 9:42 AM 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2004, 9:42 AM CDT (14:42 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2004, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Area
Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 091447
FFWSJU
PRC029-031-119-139-091745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1042 AM AST SUN MAY 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CANOVANAS
     CAROLINA
     TRUJILLO ALTO
     RIO GRANDE

* UNTIL 200 PM AST

* AT 1045 AM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY 
RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THESE MUNICIPALITIES. RIVER LEVEL SENSORS 
ARE HIGH AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 
BETWEEN TWO TO THREE INCHES LAST FEW HOURS. 

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

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS
BEEN REPORTED. 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.

$$

RIVERA

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
May 8, 8:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ20 hr
May 9, 1:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ20 hr
May 9, 4:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 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.