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Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS JSJ

September 15, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2004, 4:05 PM 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, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired: Sep 16, 2004, 2:00 PM 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 152112 CCA
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-
135-137-139-141-143-145-147-149-151-153-160300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED 

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH INCLUDES ALL MUNICIPALITIES IN       
PUERTO RICO...VIEQUES AND CULEBRA.

* UNTIL 1100 PM AST

* AT 505 PM AST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUING THROUGHOUT PARTS OF PUERTO RICO.  
MOREOVER...THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF TROPICAL STORM JEANNE...NOW EXITING 
THE NORTH COAST OF THE ISLAND...WILL CAUSE THE RISK OF FLASH 
FLOODING TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING.  

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

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

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.

$$

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, 10:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	22 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.