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Flash Flood Warning 86, NWS JSJ

July 27, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2005, 1:06 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: Jul 27, 2005, 1:06 PM CDT (18:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2005, 8:00 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 271807
FFWSJU
PRC013-272100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
206 PM AST WED JUL 27 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 156 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. EARLIER 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATION WAS NEAR 3 TO 4 INCHES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

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 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 1840 6669 1837 6660 1841 6660 1843 6669

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 272055
FFSSJU

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
449 PM AST WED JUL 27 2005

PRC013-272200-
ARECIBO-
449 PM AST WED JUL 27 2005

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

FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF ARECIBO.

AT 455 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT THE AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS OVER 
ARECIBO HAS DISSIPATED OR MOVED AWAY. BECAUSE OF THAT THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING FOR ARECIBO HAS BEEN CANCELLED.


LAT...LON 1840 6669 1837 6660 1841 6660 1843 6669

$$

RIVERA

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	JSJ		37 min

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.