Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS JSJ

March 28, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Mar 28, 2004, 5:00 PM CST. 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: Mar 28, 2004, 5:00 PM CST (23:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 29, 2004, 1:00 PM CST
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 282301
FFWSJU
PRC053-089-119-290300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
700 PM AST SUN MAR 28 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     LUQUILLO
     FAJARDO
     RIO GRANDE

* UNTIL 1100 PM AST

* AT 609 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THREE HOUR 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING THREE INCHES. RIVER SENSORS IN THAT 
AREA INDICATE ALL OF THE RIVERS HAVE REACHED ACTION STAGE AND 
CONTINUE TO RISE. 

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...RIVER 
SABANA...PITAHAYA...MAMEYES...ESPIRITU SANTO....AND FAJARDO. 

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.

LAT...LON 1836 6565 1828 6572 1830 6586 1842 6579

$$

RM

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 290258
FFSSJU
PRC053-089-119-290400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1053 PM AST SUN MAR 28 2004

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING
MUNICIPALITIES

IN PUERTO RICO
     LUQUILLO...FAJARDO AND RIO GRANDE

AT 1050 PM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER RIO 
GRANDE...LUQUILLO AND FAJARDO MOVING SOUTHWEST. ALTHOUGH ONE HOUR 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS INDICATED VALUES BELOW ONE INCH...ADDITIONAL 
RAINS EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF TONIGHT COULD PRODUCE URBAN AND 
SMALL STREAM FLOODING.

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.

$$

RM

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.