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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS JSJ

January 30, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Jan 30, 2005, 7:03 AM CST. 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 30, 2005, 7:03 AM CST (13:03 UTC)
Expired: Jan 31, 2005, 1:00 AM CST
In force: 18 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 301303
FFWSJU
PRC143-301500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
903 AM AST SUN JAN 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY
  IN PUERTO RICO
     VEGA ALTA

* UNTIL 1100 AM AST

* AT 852 AM AST...PREMA OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE RIO CIBUCO IS 
REACHING DANGEROUS LEVELS...AND SOME AREAS ALONG THE RIVER ARE 
ALREADY BEING AFFECTED BY FLOODING WATER. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO 
AFFECT THE COROZAL AND VEGA ALTA AREA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 
THEREFORE THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR ALONG 
RIO CIBUCO.

* RISING WATERS ALONG RIO CIBUCO ARE ALREADY AFFECTING THE SECTORS 
OF FATIMA AND COREA.

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 1847 6633 1840 6632 1839 6636 1843 6634
      1848 6635

$$

EM

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 30, 9:00 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 hr
Jan 30, 12:00 PM CST	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.