Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 74, NWS JSJ

November 13, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 13, 2004, 8:07 AM CST. 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: Nov 13, 2004, 8:07 AM CST (14:07 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2004, 4:00 AM CST
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 131409
FFWSJU
PRC025-029-031-037-053-063-069-077-085-089-103-119-129-139-131800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1007 AM AST SAT NOV 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CANOVANAS
     CAROLINA
     CAGUAS
     JUNCOS
     GURABO
     LUQUILLO
     NAGUABO
     SAN LORENZO
     TRUJILLO ALTO
     LAS PIEDRAS
     CEIBA
     FAJARDO
     HUMACAO
     RIO GRANDE

* UNTIL 200 PM AST

* AT 1006 AM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE EASTERN INTERIOR...AND 
NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO WERE RECEIVING HEAVY RAINFALL.  
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN NAGUABO AND TRUJILLO ALTO. 

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...ROADS...AS WELL AS LAND ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN
AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

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 1827 6557 1816 6558 1813 6602 1836 6606

$$

RM

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 131812
FFSSJU
PRC025-029-031-037-053-063-069-077-085-089-103-119-129-139-131900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
205 PM AST SAT NOV 13 2004

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING 
MUNICIPALITIES IN PUERTO RICO
     CANOVANAS
     CAROLINA
     CAGUAS
     JUNCOS
     GURABO
     LUQUILLO
     NAGUABO
     SAN LORENZO
     TRUJILLO ALTO
     LAS PIEDRAS
     CEIBA
     FAJARDO
     HUMACAO
     RIO GRANDE
 

AT 155 PM AST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
NUMEROUS SHOWERS THAT AFFECTED THIS AREA EARLIER HAD DECREASED TO 
SCATTERED. SEVERAL REPORTS OF LANDSLIDES...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 
AND RIVER FLOODING WERE RECEIVED FROM CAROLINA... NAGUABO... 
FAJARDO...CAGUAS FLOODING WERE RECEIVED. 

ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOODING RISK HAS DECREASED IN THE MEANTIME... 
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THESE MUNICIPALITIES 
THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING...AND MAY BE EXTENDED OVERNIGHT INTO 
SUNDAY. 

RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATEST WEATHER 
CONDITIONS  


$$

RM

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 13, 1:45 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	20 hr
Nov 13, 4:00 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Nov 13, 5:40 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 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.