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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS JSJ

May 23, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2005, 2:25 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 23, 2005, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2005, 8:30 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 231931
FFWSJU
PRC091-101-232130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
325 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
     MANATI
     MOROVIS

* UNTIL 530 PM AST

* AT 319 PM AST...THE LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED VERY HEAVY 
RAIN OVER THESE AREAS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
ALSO INDICATED SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE 
ACROSS THESE AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES AND LOCAL REPORTS INDICATED 
BETWEEN 2 TO 4 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. 

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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 1828 6643 1841 6643 1838 6643 1833 6638
      1828 6638

$$

RAM

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 12:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 hr
May 23, 1:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 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.