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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS JSJ

May 8, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2005, 8:44 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, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2005, 2:30 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 090145
FFWSJU
PRC013-090330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED

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

     ARECIBO

* UNTIL 1130 PM AST

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

* AT 939 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 
TO INDICATE A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED 
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL STILL AFFECTING MUCH OF THE 
MUNICIPALITY. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED IN SOME 
SECTIONS...RADAR ESTIMATES AND U.S.G.S. RAIN GAUGES INDICATE THAT AT 
LEAST 2.5 TO 5.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF 
ARECIBO...ESPECIALLY THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST SECTIONS...AND IT 
CONTINUED TO RAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST 1 INCH 
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 1130 PM AND THIS WILL RESULT IN NEW FLASH 
FLOODING AND WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS. 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

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 2:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		18 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.