Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS JSJ

May 14, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 2004, 4:09 PM 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2004, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2004, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 19 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 142113
FFWSJU
PRC031-139-150000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM AST

* AT 507 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER TRUJILLO ALTO
  MUNICIPALITY...OR ABOUT OVER TRUJILLO ALTO. THE STORM PRODUCING
  FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED MUNICIPALITIES.

FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA FROM TRUJILLO ALTO 
TOWARD CAROLINA. THE RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA HAS REACHED THE FLOOD STAGE 
OF 22 FEET AND WILL LIKELY APPROACH VERY CLOSE TO 25 FEET BEFORE 6 
PM AST.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN
JUAN.

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 1838 6599 1832 6597 1831 6604 1838 6603

$$

SNELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 10:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 hr
May 14, 1:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		20 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.