Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS JSJ

April 26, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2004, 3:50 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 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, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2004, 12:00 PM CDT
In force: 20 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 262050
FFWSJU
PRC141-270100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

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

* UNTIL 900 PM AST

* AT 445 PM AST...EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN UTUADO REPORTED A SMALL 
STREAM OUT OF ITS BANKS ALONG ROAD NUMBER 10 AND A LAND SLIDE ALONG 
ROAD 603. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT NEAR FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
FALLEN IN UTUADO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY 
RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER UTUADO.

  THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WITHIN
  THE WARNING 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 1828 6666 1823 6666 1825 6677 1829 6680

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 262349
FFSSJU
PRC141-270030-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
748 PM AST MON APR 26 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
     UTUADO

AT 740 PM AST EMERGENCY MANAGERS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO LONGER 
ANY REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATED THAT THE SHOWERS OVER THIS AREA HAVE DISSIPATED AND NO 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. 

THEREFORE FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXISTS AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED

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
Apr 26, 11:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 hr
Apr 26, 2:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		17 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.