Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS JSJ

July 13, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2004, 1:58 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, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2004, 9:00 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 131857
FFWSJU
PRC001-059-132200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
258 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
     GUAYANILLA
     ADJUNTAS

* UNTIL 600 PM AST

* AT 253 PM AST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER SOUTHERN SOUTHERN ADJUNTAS AND 
EXTREME NORTHERN GUAYANILLA.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF THREE TO 
FOUR AND HALF INCHES WERE INDICATED OVER THIS AREA DURING THE LAST 
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINS COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

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 1814 6672 1810 6677 1811 6679 1813 6679
      1816 6678 1817 6677

$$

KIMBERLAIN

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 132235
FFSSJU
PRC001-132315-

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING
MUNICIPALITY

IN PUERTO RICO
     ADJUNTAS

...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

AT 630 PM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION 
WHICH HAD OCCURRED ACROSS ADJUNTAS HAD DISSIPATED. THEREFORE...THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ADJUNTAS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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, 12:58 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.