Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005

Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS JSJ

May 9, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2005, 2:15 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2005, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2005, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 091915
FFWSJU
PRC081-092100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
315 PM AST MON MAY 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF
     LARES

* UNTIL 500 PM AST

* AT 307 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. A U.S.G.S. RIVER LEVEL SENSOR 
INDICATED RIO GUAJATACA AT LARES OUT OF THE BANK. 

* THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED MUNICIPALITY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 
AREA.

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.

$$

RIVERA

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 092054
FFSSJU
PRC081-092200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
500 PM AST MON MAY 9 2005

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF
     
     LARES

IN PUERTO RICO

...HAS EXPIRED...

* AT 450 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THAT HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA HAS DIMINISHED. THE U.S.G.S. 
RIVER LEVEL SENSOR ALSO INDICATED THAT RIO GUAJATACA AT LARES HAS 
SUBSIDED BELOW FLOOD STAGE. 

FOR THAT REASON THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RIO GUAJATACA AT LARES 
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.


$$

GR/HR

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 8:44 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.