Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS JSJ

June 28, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2004, 1:10 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: Jun 28, 2004, 1:10 PM CDT (18:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2004, 8:15 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 281811
FFWSJU
PRC003-282115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
210 PM AST MON JUN 28 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM AST

* AT 200 PM AST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
FLASH FLOODING.  RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OVER SEVERAL BASINS IN 
WESTERN AGUADA IS ESTIMATED AT 3 TO 4 INCHES AND VERY INTENSE RAIN 
CONTINUES IN THE AREA. 

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...ROADS...AS WELL AS LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN
AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

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 1837 6713 1832 6713 1833 6720 1840 6720

$$

PC

3 follow-up statements

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 281933
FFSSJU
PRC003-282130-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
333 PM AST MON JUN 28 2004

...FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE IN AGUADA ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN 
HAS ENDED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM AST FOR THE 
FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

IN PUERTO RICO
     AGUADA

AT 326 PM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS 
DIMINISHED ACROSS THIS AREA. HOWEVER TOTAL RAINFALL WAS ESTIMATED BY 
DOPPLER RADAR TO BE BETWEEN 5 AND 6 INCHES AND RUNOFF INTO STREAMS 
AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME YET.  LOCAL EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND 
SEVERAL MUDSLIDES IN THE MUNICIPALITY.

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. THE HEAVY
RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

$$

PC

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 281941 CCA
FFSSJU
PRC003-282130-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED WORDING IN HEADLINE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
341 PM AST MON JUN 28 2004

...FLASH FLOOD RISK WILL CONTINUE IN AGUADA ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN 
HAS ENDED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM AST FOR THE 
FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

IN PUERTO RICO
     AGUADA

AT 326 PM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS 
DIMINISHED ACROSS THIS AREA. HOWEVER TOTAL RAINFALL WAS ESTIMATED BY 
DOPPLER RADAR TO BE BETWEEN 5 AND 6 INCHES AND RUNOFF INTO STREAMS 
AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME YET.  LOCAL EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND 
SEVERAL MUDSLIDES IN THE MUNICIPALITY.

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. THE HEAVY
RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

$$

PC

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 282023
FFSSJU
PRC003-282115-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
425 PM AST MON JUN 28 2004

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF
 
     AGUADA
    

...HAS BEEN CANCEL.

AT 420 PM AST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY 
RAIN WHICH AFFECTED THIS AREA EARLIER HAS DISSIPATED ALMOST 
COMPLETELY OR MOVED AWAY.

FOR THAT REASON...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED 
MUNICIPALITIES HAS BEEN CANCEL.

$$

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.