Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS JSJ

May 12, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2004, 1:21 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 12, 2004, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2004, 7:15 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 121823
FFWSJU
PRC029-031-127-139-122015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
221 PM AST WED MAY 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

* UNTIL 415 PM AST

* AT 216 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND 
  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. TORRENTIAL 
  RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL PER HOUR.
   
  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.

LAT...LON 1830 6611 1832 6592 1840 6589 1843 6612

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 12:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr
May 12, 1:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
May 12, 2:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
May 12, 2:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
May 12, 4:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ19 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.