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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS JSJ

September 15, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2004, 10:06 AM CDT. It was in force for 22 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 15, 2004, 10:06 AM CDT (15:06 UTC)
Expired: Sep 16, 2004, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 151513
FFWSJU
PRC001-003-005-007-009-011-013-015-017-019-021-023-025-027-029-031-
033-035-037-039-041-043-045-047-049-051-053>055-057-059-061-063-065-
067-069-071-073-075-077-079-081-083-085-087-089-091-093-095-097-099-
101-103-105-107-109-111-113-115-117-119-121-123-125-127-129-131-133-
135-137-139-141-143-145-147-149-151-153-VIC010-020-030-152100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1106 AM AST WED SEP 15 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED AND EXPANDED 

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH NOW INCLUDES ALL MUNICIPALITIES IN     
  PUERTO RICO...VIEQUES AND CULEBRA.
  
AND 
     SAINT JOHN
     SAINT THOMAS
     SAINT CROIX

IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

* UNTIL 500 PM AST

* AT 1102 AM AST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING.

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

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH 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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN
JUAN.

$$

RIVERA

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 151954
FFSSJU
PRC013-141-152145-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
354 PM AST WED SEP 15 2004

...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES...

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

     UTUADO AND ARECIBO


AT 330 PM AST USGS RIVER GAUGES INDICATED THAT RIO LIMON IN UTUADO 
WAS ABOVE ITS RECORD FLOOD STAGE OF 17.11 FT...AT 17.67 FT AND WAS 
CONTINUING TO RISE.  INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS PARTICULAR RIVER 
LEVEL WILL CONTINUE TO RISE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. FLOOD WATERS 
WILL THEN FLOW DOWN RIO LIMON INTO THE RIO GRANDE DE 
ARECIBO...POSSIBLY CAUSING 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.

$$

KIMBERLAIN

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 15, 12:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Sep 15, 4:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Sep 15, 5:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	20 hr
Sep 15, 7:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	20 hr
Sep 15, 4:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	22 hr
Sep 14, 11:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2004 Flash Flood Warnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, 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.