Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005

Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS JSJ

January 19, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Jan 19, 2005, 7:20 PM CST. It was in force for 20 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 19, 2005, 7:20 PM CST (01:20 UTC)
Expired: Jan 20, 2005, 3:00 PM CST
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 200149 CCA
FFWSJU
PRC013-017-039-051-054-091-101-105-137-143-145-200500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
920 PM AST WED JAN 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
 
     
DORADO...CIALES...MANATI...FLORIDA...BARCELONETA...MOROVIS...     
VEGA ALTA...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA AND TOA BAJA...NARANJITO...

AND FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE FOLLOWING RIVER(S)...RIO GRANDE DE MANATI 
AND RIO CIBUCO...AND ALL TRIBUTARIES...     

* UNTIL 100 AM AST

*AT 921 PM AST...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED ACROSS THESE AREAS. RIVER 
LEVEL SENSORS AND REPORTS FROM THE LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS...ALSO 
INDICATED THAT WATER LEVELS OF RIO GRANDE DE MANATI IS ABOVE FLOOD 
STAGE AND STILL INCREASING...ALSO RIO CIBUCO IS NEARING FLOOD STAGE 
AND WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY RISE.

DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW RAIN FALLING OVER THE HEADWATERS OF 
THE RIVER BASINS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE RIVER FLOODING OF 
AREAS ALONG THESE RIVERS.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

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.

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 STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

$$

MITCHELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 19, 6:00 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Jan 19, 6:40 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Jan 19, 8:55 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Jan 19, 9:05 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Jan 20, 12:00 AM CST	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.