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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS JSJ

April 19, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 19, 2004, 5:15 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: Apr 19, 2004, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2004, 11:15 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 192217
FFWSJU
PRC023-067-097-125-200015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
615 PM AST MON APR 19 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     HORMIGUEROS
     SAN GERMAN
     MAYAGUEZ
     CABO ROJO

* UNTIL 815 PM AST

* AT 609 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SAN GERMAN AND HORMIGUEROS. 
THESE SHOWERS ARE NEAR STATIONARY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS 
WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...RIO GUANAJIBO...RIO 
HOCONUCO AND RIO ROSARIO.

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 1807 6719 1807 6699 1815 6700 1815 6719

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 200010
FFSSJU
PRC023-067-097-125-200115-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
810 PM AST MON APR 19 2004

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

IN PUERTO RICO
     HORMIGUEROS...SAN GERMAN...MAYAGUEZ AND CABO ROJO

AT 755 PM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE 
DIMINISH OR MOVE AWAY FROM THE WARNING AREA. THE U.S.G.S RIVER 
SENSORS ACROSS THESE AREAS ALSO INDICATED THAT THE WATER LEVELS HAVE 
BEGUN TO SUBSIDE. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE.

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.

$$

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 200011 CCA
FFSSJU
PRC023-067-097-125-200115-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
810 PM AST MON APR 19 2004

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

IN PUERTO RICO
     HORMIGUEROS...SAN GERMAN...MAYAGUEZ AND CABO ROJO

AT 755 PM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE 
DIMINISHED OR MOVED AWAY FROM THE WARNING AREA. THE U.S.G.S RIVER 
SENSORS ACROSS THESE AREAS ALSO INDICATED THAT THE WATER LEVELS HAVE 
BEGUN TO SUBSIDE. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE.

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.

$$

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.