Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005

Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS JSJ

May 11, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2005, 7:01 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: May 11, 2005, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2005, 2:00 PM 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 120004
FFWSJU
PRC013-017-091-120300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
801 PM AST WED MAY 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED A

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     MANATI
     BARCELONETA
     ARECIBO

* UNTIL 1100 PM AST

* AT 8 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS 
OVER BARCELONETA AND MANATI PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. HIGH RAIN 
ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOW SPREADING EAST AND NORTHEASTWARD INTO MANATI.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OF ONE TO TWO INCHES MAY FALL ACROSS THIS 
GENERAL AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

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.

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 6673 1837 6660 1843 6646 1848 6646
      1858 6684

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 9:37 AM 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.