Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS JSJ

May 12, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2004, 2:04 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, 2:04 PM CDT (19:04 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2004, 8:00 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 121904
FFWSJU
PRC099-131-122100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
304 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
     MOCA
     SAN SEBASTIAN

* UNTIL 500 PM AST

* AT 256 PM AST...A SPOTTER REPORTED A SECTION OF RIO CULEBRINAS OUT 
OF ITS BANKS IN SECTOR CHENELLI IN SAN SEBASTIAN. DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATE INDICATED THAT NEAR 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER SAN 
SEBASTIAN. EXPECT FLASH FLOODING OVER OTHER SECTORS OF SAN SEBASTIAN 
AND MOCA THROUGH AT LEAST 500 PM. 

  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.  FOLLOW 
INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.

LAT...LON 1835 6702 1838 6707 1838 6710 1841 6710
          1843 6707 1841 6704 1838 6704 1836 6702
          1836 6690 1833 6699

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 122120
FFSSJU
PRC099-131-122230-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
520 PM AST WED MAY 12 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
     MOCA AND SAN SEBASTIAN

AT 517 PM AST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY 
RAIN WHICH AFFECTED THESE AREAS EARLIER HAS DIMINISHED. WHILE THERE 
ARE A FEW LINGERING LIGHT SHOWERS...NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. 

THEREFORE FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED

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.

$$

SNELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 12, 12:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
May 12, 1:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
May 12, 1:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
May 12, 2:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
May 12, 4:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 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.