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Flash Flood Warning 145, NWS JSJ

October 3, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 3, 2005, 1:03 AM 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 3, 2005, 1:03 AM CDT (06:03 UTC)
Expired: Oct 3, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

The radar

The San Juan radar (TJUA), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:03 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 030605
FFWSJU
PRC015-057-095-109-151-030900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
203 AM AST MON OCT 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     ARROYO
     PATILLAS
     MAUNABO
     YABUCOA
     GUAYAMA

* UNTIL 500 AM AST

* AT 203 AM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THAT THE HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE 
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AND EXTENDED INLAND OVER THE MUNICIPALITIES. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ANY
ROADS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS
ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

LAT...LON 1805 6591 1803 6589 1803 6581 1798 6592
      1795 6610 1803 6608 1805 6601

$$

RM

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 2, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	JSJ	2 hr
Oct 2, 9:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Oct 2, 10:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Oct 2, 10:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Oct 3, 12:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Oct 3, 4:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	20 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2005 Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.