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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS JSJ

June 25, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2005, 2:01 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 25, 2005, 2:01 PM CDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2005, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 25, 6:20 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 0	Arecibo, PR	ROAD AND STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED. ROAD 638 WITH FLOODED SECTORS.
Jun 25, 6:20 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 0	Arecibo, PR	URBAN FLOODING OF ROADS AND STREETS
Jun 25, 6:20 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 0	Arecibo, PR	URBAN FLOODING REPORTED IN SECTOR SANTANA. ROAD 638 PARTIALLY FLOODED.
Jun 25, 6:55 PM CDT	FLOOD	Arecibo, PR	HIGHWAY 2 FLOODED IN SANTANA SECTOR. CREEKS WERE VERY HIGH.
Jun 25, 6:55 PM CDT	FLOOD	Arecibo, PR	HIGHWAY 2 FLOODED IN SANTANA SECTOR. CREEKS WERE VERY HIGH.
Jun 25, 7:04 PM CDT	FLOOD	Arecibo, PR	TWO CARS STUCK IN WATER IN SANTANA SECTOR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 251901
FFWSJU
PRC013-252100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
301 PM AST SAT JUN 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

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

     ARECIBO

* UNTIL 500 PM AST

* AT 256 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 
TO INDICATE INTENSE...NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 
HEAVY RAIN COVERING THE MUNICIPALITY OF ARECIBO. RADAR ESTIMATES AND 
A SPOTTER REPORT INDICATE THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OR RAIN HAVE ALREADY 
FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. IN 
ADDITION...THE SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED LOW LYING AREAS OF ROAD 2 AND 
ROAD 638 FLOODED IN THE SANTANA SECTOR AND IMPASSABLE. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AND THIS WILL RESULT 
IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS AND WILL 
FURTHER AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOOD PROBLEMS. ALSO...MUDSLIDES ARE 
PROBABLE 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 RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. RAPID RISES IN 
RIVER LEVELS ARE LIKELY.

LAT...LON 1850 6661 1834 6660 1836 6675 1851 6675

$$

SEELEY

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 252054
FFSSJU

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
450 PM AST SAT JUN 25 2005

PRC013-252100-
ARECIBO-
450 PM AST SAT JUN 25 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY
IN PUERTO RICO
     ARECIBO

AT 450 PM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
THAT AFFECTED THE AREA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAVE DISSIPATED. ONLY 
LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS LINGER ALONG THE SOUTHERN PART OF ARECIBO 
MUNICIPALITY. 

LAT...LON 1850 6661 1834 6660 1836 6675 1851 6675

$$

RM

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 3:13 PM 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; local storm reports from the same archive.