Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS JSJ

August 18, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2004, 12:06 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 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: Aug 18, 2004, 12:06 PM CDT (17:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2004, 6:00 AM CDT
In force: 18 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 181709
FFWSJU
PRC013-181900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
106 PM AST WED AUG 18 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM AST

* AT 101 PM AST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER SOUTHERN ARECIBO. 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 1846 6660 1835 6661 1836 6675 1847 6674

$$

MORALES

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 181855
FFSSJU
PRC013-182000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
300 PM AST WED AUG 18 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
     ARECIBO

...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A T250 PM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION 
WHICH HAD OCCURRED ACROSS ARECIBO HAD DISSIPATED. THEREFORE...THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ARECIBO IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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.

$$

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.