Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005

Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS JSJ

July 12, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2005, 6:25 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 12, 2005, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2005, 12:30 PM CDT
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 122326
FFWSJU
PRC141-130130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
725 PM AST TUE JUL 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
  IN PUERTO RICO
     UTUADO

* UNTIL 930 PM AST

* AT 715 PM AST...LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS REPORTED THE RIO 
GRANDE DE ARECIBO IN UTUADO CONTINUES OUT OF ITS BANKS FROM HEAVY 
RAINFALL EARLIER. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL MODERATE SHOWERS OVER UTUADO 
THIS EVENING.

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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING
WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 1826 6677 1823 6667 1830 6662 1829 6677

$$

BD

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 4:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		18 hr
Jul 12, 5:09 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.