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Flash Flood Warning 182, NWS JSJ

October 22, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 22, 2005, 3:10 PM 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 22, 2005, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired: Oct 23, 2005, 10:00 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), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 222012
FFWSJU
PRC009-015-019-035-041-045-057-109-222300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
410 PM AST SAT OCT 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CIDRA
     CAYEY
     COMERIO
     AIBONITO
     ARROYO
     BARRANQUITAS
     PATILLAS
     GUAYAMA

* UNTIL 7:00 PM AST

* AT 4:00 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND           
  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ASHORE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF PUERTO   
  RICO AND CONTINUING NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE EAST CENTRAL INTERIOR.  
  HEAVY RAINFALL HAS LEFT ONE TO TWO INCHES OR RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR 
  AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THIS AREA DURING THE NEXT 
  30 TO 60 MINUTES. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS ALONG THE 
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 1793 6608 1794 6594 1811 6608 1822 6627
      1821 6636

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 22, 4:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		18 hr
Oct 22, 6:00 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.