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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS JSJ

April 21, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 21, 2005, 2:58 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: Apr 21, 2005, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 19 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 212000
FFWSJU
PRC029-031-087-119-127-212300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
358 PM AST THU APR 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     CANOVANAS
     CAROLINA
     SAN JUAN
     LOIZA
     RIO GRANDE

* UNTIL 700 PM AST

* AT 341 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 
TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 
WARNED AREA. YOU CAN EXPECT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER 
HOUR IN LOCALIZED SECTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. 

* THE GROUNDS IN THE WARNED AREA REMAIN VERY SATURATED DUE TO THE 
HEAVY RAINS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS AND VERY LITTLE SUNSHINE. 
THEREFORE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE A GREAT AMOUNT OF RUNOFF.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 1850 6609 1838 6610 1835 6598 1834 6588
      1844 6584

$$

RGZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 21, 11:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Apr 21, 1:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Apr 21, 3:30 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.