Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005

Flash Flood Warning 151, NWS JSJ

October 4, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 4, 2005, 10:59 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 4, 2005, 10:59 AM CDT (15:59 UTC)
Expired: Oct 5, 2005, 5:30 AM 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), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 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 041601
FFWSJU
PRC079-093-125-041830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1159 AM AST TUE OCT 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     MARICAO
     SAN GERMAN
     LAJAS

* UNTIL 230 PM AST

* AT 1156 AM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM HAS SPREAD FROM LAJAS TO MARICAO 
AND SAN GERMAN. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN 
EXTENDED TO INCLUDE MARICAO AND SAN GERMAN.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE 
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. RAPID RISES IN 
RIVER LEVELS ARE LIKELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING 
WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 1814 6700 1797 6700 1797 6709 1815 6707
      1818 6697

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 3, 7:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Oct 4, 7:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Oct 4, 10:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Oct 4, 11:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Oct 4, 11:50 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	JSJ	40 min
Oct 4, 12:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Oct 4, 12:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Oct 4, 2:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Oct 4, 2:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 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.