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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS JSJ

May 23, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2005, 12:48 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 23, 2005, 12:48 PM CDT (17:48 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2005, 7:45 AM 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 231748
FFWSJU
PRC037-053-089-103-119-232045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
148 PM AST MON MAY 23 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

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

     LUQUILLO
     CEIBA
     FAJARDO
     RIO GRANDE
     NAGUABO

* UNTIL 445 PM AST

* AT 143 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 
AFFECTING THESE AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES AND U.S.G.S. RAIN GAUGES 
INDICATE 2 TO 4.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS 
OF THE WARNING AREA AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. RIVER SENSORS ALREADY 
INDICATE RAPID RISES ALONG MOST RIVERS AND STREAMS AND WATER SURGES 
ARE LIKELY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH AND 
RIVER FLOODING WITHIN IN THE WARNED AREA. ALSO...MUDSLIDES ARE 
LIKELY OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

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 1837 6563 1825 6561 1824 6574 1829 6584
      1841 6582

$$

BCS/RAM

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 1:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 hr
May 23, 2:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		18 hr

Nearby

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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.