Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS JSJ

May 14, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 2004, 10:25 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 14, 2004, 10:25 AM CDT (15:25 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2004, 5:00 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 141524
FFWSJU
PRC021-033-061-127-141815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1125 AM AST FRI MAY 14 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     SAN JUAN
     BAYAMON
     GUAYNABO
     CATANO

* UNTIL 2:15 PM

* AT 11:15 AM...NWS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES 
OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF GUAYNABO...RIO PIEDRAS AND 
BAYAMON...AND NUMEROUS REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC 
INDICATING SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS IN THIS 
VICINITY. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA...BUT IS MOVING WEST.

  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.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 1:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		20 hr
May 14, 4:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 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.