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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS JSJ

May 23, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2004, 5:57 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 23, 2004, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2004, 1:00 PM 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 232257
FFWSJU
PRC053-089-240200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

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

     LUQUILLO
     FAJARDO

THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS AND STREAMS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES IN
THE WARNED AREA

* UNTIL 1000 PM AST

* AT 652 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A NEARLY STATIONARY BAND 
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...COVERING LUQUILLO AND 
FAJARDO. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA SINCE 530 PM AND IT CONTINUED 
TO RAIN. PUERTO RICO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL 
HOUSES AND ROAD 3 IN LUQUILLO FLOODED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AT 
LEAST 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH 1000 PM AND THIS WILL FURTHER 
AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING AND RESULT IN NEW FLASH AND RIVER 
FLOODING. MUDSLIDES AND LANDSLIDES ARE LIKELY OVER AREAS OF STEEP OR 
UNSUPPORTED TERRAIN. 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED OR 
IS IMMINENT. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AND TAKE THE NECESSARY 
PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS AFFECT YOUR AREA. MOTORISTS AND 
PEDESTRIANS SHOULD NEVER 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. REMEMBER...VISIBILITY 
CAN BE GREATLY REDUCED IN HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. FOLLOW 
INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.

LAT...LON 1837 6562 1830 6566 1831 6575 1838 6573

$$

SEELEY/RIVERA

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, 1:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	20 hr
May 23, 3:30 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.