Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS JSJ

October 30, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 30, 2004, 4:08 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 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: Oct 30, 2004, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired: Oct 31, 2004, 10:00 AM CST
In force: 19 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 302110
FFWSJU
PRC075-310000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
508 PM AST SAT OCT 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES IN PUERTO   
  RICO
     JUANA DIAZ

* UNTIL 800 PM AST

* AT 505 PM AST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF JUAN DIAZ. RADAR 
ESTIMATED NEAR 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS 
OCCURRING.

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

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS
AND LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE
MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

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.

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 1814 6655 1809 6653 1808 6652 1802 6647
      1802 6653 1809 6654

$$

BD

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 310009
FFSSJU
PRC075-081-310100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
808 PM AST SAT OCT 30 2004

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING
MUNICIPALITIES

IN PUERTO RICO
     LARES AND JUANA DIAZ

AT 805 PM AST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY 
RAIN WHICH AFFECTED THESE AREAS EARLIER HAS DIMINISHED. 

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
Oct 30, 3:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.