Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004

Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS JSJ

April 29, 2004

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 2004, 3:20 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 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: Apr 29, 2004, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2004, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 292023
FFWSJU
PRC121-292200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
420 PM AST THU APR 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY OF

     SABANA GRANDE

* UNTIL 600 PM AST

* AT 415 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 
SABANA GRANDE MUNICIPALITY...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH.

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 office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 29, 2:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Apr 29, 4:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Apr 29, 6:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 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.