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Flash Flood Warning 178, NWS JSJ

October 12, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 12, 2005, 8:05 AM CDT. It was in force for 22 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 12, 2005, 8:05 AM CDT (13:05 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2005, 6:00 AM CDT
In force: 22 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 121304
FFWSJU
PRC001-003-005-007-009-011-013-015-017-019-021-023-025-027-029-031-
033-035-037-039-041-043-045-047-049-051-053>055-057-059-061-063-065-
067-069-071-073-075-077-079-081-083-085-087-089-091-093-095-097-099-
101-103-105-107-109-111-113-115-117-119-121-123-125-127-129-131-133-
135-137-139-141-143-145-147-149-151-153-121900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
905 AM AST WED OCT 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL MUNICIPALITIES IN PUERTO RICO
     INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES 

* UNTIL 300 PM AST

* AT 8:45 AM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING THE EAST HALF OF PUERTO  
  RICO...SHIFTING SLOWLY EAST NORTHEASTWARD. LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS  
  WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE AFFECTING EAST AND SOUTHEAST COASTAL     
  MUNICIPALITIES. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES MAY BE SEEN ALONG 
THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST SECTIONS...AND SPREAD INTO CULEBRA AND 
VIEQUES LATER THIS MORNING. SOILS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE ISLAND 
ARE SATURATED...AND MANY RIVE SYSTEMS ARE NEAR OR OUT OF THEIR 
BANKS. ADDITIONAL RAINS ACROSS THE ISLAND LATER THIS MORNING AND 
INTO THIS AFTERNOON WILL INDUCE FLASH FLOODING.

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.

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 1851 6511 1777 6536 1791 6725 1851 6741
      1868 6687 1868 6636

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 11, 10:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	22 hr
Oct 12, 3:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	20 hr
Oct 12, 5:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Oct 12, 9:25 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	JSJ	2 hr

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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.