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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS JSJ

July 13, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2004, 12:58 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: Jul 13, 2004, 12:58 PM CDT (17:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2004, 8:00 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 131757
FFWSJU
PRC121-153-132100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
158 PM AST TUE JUL 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM AST

* AT 152 PM AST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLY CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OVER EXTREME 
NORTHWESTERN YAUCO AND EAST CENTRAL SABANA GRANDE. DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATES OF THREE AND HALF TO FOUR AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN WERE 
INDICATED IN THESE AREAS DURING THE LAST HOUR.

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

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 1813 6688 1810 6688 1808 6690 1807 6694
      1809 6697 1810 6697

$$

KIMBERLAIN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 131916
FFSSJU
PRC121-153-132100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
315 PM AST TUE JUL 13 2004

...FLASH FLOODING RISK CONTINUES IN YAUCO AND SABANA GRANDE...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
MUNICIPALITIES

IN PUERTO RICO
     SABANA GRANDE AND YAUCO

AT 305 PM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES 
ACROSS PARTS OF THIS AREA...ESPECIALLY EASTERN YAUCO. RADAR 
ESTIMATES EXCEED 7 INCHES IN THREE HOURS IN NORTHERN YAUCO. AN ALERT 
RAIN GAUGE IN THE RIO GUANAJIBO BASIN AT SABANA GRANDE INDICATES 
THAT 5.74 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN NOON AND 3 PM TODAY. EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT HAS NOT YET REPORTED ANY INCIDENTS OF FLOODING.

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 132137
FFSSJU
PRC121-153-132230-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
533 PM AST TUE JUL 13 2004

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR THE FOLLOWING 
MUNICIPALITIES

IN PUERTO RICO
     SABANA GRANDE AND YAUCO

...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

AT 530 PM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION 
WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED ACROSS THESE MUNICIPALITIES AND ACROSS 
PUERTO RICO HAD DISSIPATED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR 
SABANA GRANDE AND YAUCO ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

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.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 1:58 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.