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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS JSJ

May 8, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2005, 6:53 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 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: May 8, 2005, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2005, 12:45 PM CDT
In force: 18 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 082353
FFWSJU
PRC013-090145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
753 PM AST SUN MAY 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY
  IN PUERTO RICO

     ARECIBO

* UNTIL 945 PM AST

* THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES 
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

* AT 742 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY 
RAINFALL AFFECTING MUCH OF THE MUNICIPALITY. RADAR ESTIMATES 
INDICATE THAT AT LEAST 2 TO 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN 
OVER THE SOUTHWEST PART OF ARECIBO AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AND THIS 
WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE 
OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 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.

LAT...LON 1844 6662 1834 6662 1836 6676 1847 6676

$$

BCS/ASL

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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.