Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS JSJ

Issued

Jun 9, 2004, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)

Expired

Jun 10, 2004, 4:00 PM CDT

In force

20 hr

Issued by

NWS JSJ

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 100119 CCA
FFWSJU
PRC097-100500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
911 PM AST WED JUN 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY
  IN PUERTO RICO
     MAYAGUEZ

* UNTIL 100 AM AST THURSDAY MORNING

* AT 907 PM AST EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OF 
SEVERAL ROADS AND SECTORS IN MAYAGUEZ...INCLUDING BARRIOS 
TRASTALLERES AND EL SECO. AFFECTED ROADS INCLUDE CALLE POST...ARROYO 
MESTRE...CALLE NENA DICH. RIO YAGUEZ WAS ALMOST OUT OF ITS BANKS 
NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER.

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

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS
AND LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE
MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

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 1824 6707 1817 6709 1817 6717 1823 6714

$$

BD/GR

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 100517
FFSSJU
PRC097-100545-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
117 AM AST THU JUN 10 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM THIS 
MORNING FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF MAYAGUEZ HAS EXPIRED...

AT 113 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT NO SHOWERS WERE 
OCCURRING OVER MAYAGUEZ AND THE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING THAT WAS 
AFFECTING THE AREA EARLIER HAS ENDED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED ON THIS FLOOD SITUATION. 

$$

SEELEY

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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