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Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS JSJ

September 15, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2005, 11:26 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: Sep 15, 2005, 11:26 PM CDT (04:26 UTC)
Expired: Sep 16, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

The radar

The San Juan radar (TJUA), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 160426
FFWSJU
PRC003-005-099-160830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1226 AM AST FRI SEP 16 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     MOCA
     AGUADILLA
     AGUADA

* UNTIL 430 AM AST

*FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE FOLLOWING RIVER(S)...

* AT 1223 AM AST...A RIVER LEVEL SENSOR INDICATED THAT THE WATER     
  LEVELS REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD      
  WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 1833 6707 1833 6718 1841 6718 1843 6715
      1846 6715 1846 6707 1843 6704 1830 6704

$$

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.