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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS JSJ

May 15, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 2004, 10:51 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2004, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2004, 6:00 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 151555
FFWSJU
PRC031-061-127-139-151900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1151 AM AST SAT MAY 15 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM AST

* AT 1145 AM AST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SAN JUAN METRO AREA. SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE. PUERTO RICO 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN GUAYNABO...CUPEY 
AND RIO PIEDRAS AND A HOUSE FLOODED IN THE URBANIZATION OF SAN 
FRANCISCO IN RIO PIEDRAS. 

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 1836 6605 1836 6603 1834 6598 1837 6595
          1842 6614 1837 6614

$$

RGZ

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 151642
FFSSJU
PRC031-061-127-139-151800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1240 PM AST SAT MAY 15 2004

...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REAMINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM ACROSS THE 
FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

IN PUERTO RICO
     CAROLINA...SAN JUAN...TRUJILLO ALTO AND GUAYNABO

THIS INCLUDES ALL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA. 

SEVERAL REPORTS BY PUERTO RICO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATED THAT 
MANY OF THE STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES ALONG THE RIO PIEDRAS AND RIO 
GUAYNABO HAVE GONE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THIS WATER IS CAUSING 
FLOODING OF PORTIONS OF THE ROADWAYS ALONG THESE RIVERS. 

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.

$$

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 151910
FFSSJU
PRC031-061-127-139-152015-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
300 PM AST SAT MAY 15 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
     CAROLINA...SAN JUAN...TRUJILLO ALTO AND GUAYNABO

HAS EXPIRED.

AT 258 PM AST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY 
RAIN WHICH AFFECTED THESE MUNICIPALITIES HAS DIMINISHED OR MOVED 
AWAY. HOWEVER...RIVERS LEVEL REMAIN HIGH AND ADDITIONAL MODERATE 
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THESE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

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.

$$

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.