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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS JSJ

May 23, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2004, 1:48 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 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 23, 2004, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2004, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 231849 CCA
FFWSJU
PRC127-232300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
248 PM AST SUN MAY 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MUNICIPALITY
IN PUERTO RICO OF
     SAN JUAN

* UNTIL 700 PM AST

* AT 250 PM AST...U.S.G.S. RIVER GAGES INDICATED WATER LEVELS OF RIO 
PIEDRAS RIVER CONTINUED ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT EL SENORIAL AND HATO 
REY SECTORS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND NWS PERSONNEL REPORTED RIO 
PIEDRAS OUT OF ITS BANKS AT ROOSEVELT AVENUE...PARQUE LUIS MUNOS 
MARIN...AND OVER PINERO AVENUE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS WILL 
CONTINUE OVER AND SOUTH OF THE WARNING AREA. THESE SHOWERS WILL MOVE 
NORTH TO AFFECT THE WARNING AREA DETERIORATING THE FLOODING 
CONDITIONS. 

IF YOU LIVE OR WILL PASS THROUGH THE WARNING AREA...DO NOT DRIVE 
YOUR VEHICLE INTO FLOODED ROADS AND AREAS...AS YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE 
MIGHT BE SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER 
SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 
REMEMBER...VISIBILITIES ARE GREATLY REDUCED IN HEAVY RAIN.

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. PERSONS IN LOW 
LYING AREAS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM 
LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.


$$

ROCHE

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 23, 11:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
May 23, 3:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	20 hr
May 23, 5:57 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.