Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS JSJ

May 9, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2004, 4:49 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 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 9, 2004, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2004, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 18 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 092149
FFWSJU
PRC143-145-100000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
549 PM 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
     VEGA ALTA
     VEGA BAJA

* UNTIL 800 PM AST

* AT 536 PM AST...THE CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED RIO CIBUCO OUT OF ITS 
BANKS AFFECTING ROADS NUMBER 2...620...647...675...676...AND NUMBER 
690 ACROSS VEGA ALTA AND VEGA BAJA. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL 
CONTINUE TO AFFECT THESE MUNICIPALITIES THROUGH AT LEAST 800 PM. 

  THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES         
  WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. ESPECIALLY ALONG RIO CIBUCO

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS 
BEEN REPORTED. 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 1850 6633 1839 6633 1840 6641 1858 6640

$$

ROCHE

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 7:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
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

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.