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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS JSJ

May 13, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2004, 6:26 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 13, 2004, 6:26 AM CDT (11:26 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2004, 1:30 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 131125
FFWSJU
PRC069-131430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
726 AM AST THU MAY 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     HUMACAO

* UNTIL 1030 AM AST

* AT 7:20 AM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY TWO INCHES OF 
RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF HUMACAO...AND THE CIVIL 
DEFENSE IS NOW REPORTING RIO MARIANA FLOWING OUT OF ITS BANKS AND 
FLOODING HIGHWAY 909.

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.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 6:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		6 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.