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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS JSJ

May 17, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2005, 1:12 AM 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 17, 2005, 1:12 AM CDT (06:12 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2005, 8:00 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 170612
FFWSJU
PRC009-015-025-035-043-057-069-075-077-085-095-103-109-113-123-129-
133-151-170900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
212 AM AST TUE MAY 17 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

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

     CAGUAS
     COAMO
     CAYEY
     AIBONITO
     ARROYO
     JUNCOS
     PATILLAS
     MAUNABO
     NAGUABO
     SAN LORENZO
     YABUCOA
     LAS PIEDRAS
     GUAYAMA
     HUMACAO
     JUANA DIAZ
     PONCE
     SALINAS
     SANTA ISABEL

* UNTIL 500 AM AST

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

* AT 207 AM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 
OFFICIALS INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL 
RAINFALL AFFECTING THESE MUNICIPALITIES. RADAR ESTIMATES AND 
U.S.G.S. RAIN GAUGES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA AND IT CONTINUED TO 
RAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR AND THIS WILL 
LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE LIKELY 
OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

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.

LAT...LON 1825 6576 1804 6567 1795 6593 1791 6619
      1793 6641 1796 6667 1810 6665 1807 6632
      1812 6613

$$

BCS/GR/RAM

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 3:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 hr
May 17, 6:45 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.