Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS JSJ

April 26, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2004, 2:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 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: Apr 26, 2004, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2004, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 17 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 261927 AAA
FFWSJU
PRC021-033-137-262045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
330 PM AST MON APR 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED IN TIME

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     BAYAMON
     CATANO
     TOA BAJA

* UNTIL 4:45 PM AST

* AT 3:27 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL HEAVY 
SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA DURING THE PAST 
30 MINUTES...WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO CONTINUED FLOODING. 
SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THIS AREA IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY 4:30 PM. 
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 4:45 PM.

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 1846 6624 1838 6616 1842 6612 1847 6621

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 11:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 hr
Apr 26, 3:50 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.