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Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS JSJ

July 31, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2005, 2:13 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 31, 2005, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2005, 9:00 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 311913
FFWSJU
PRC021-045-105-135-312200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
313 PM AST SUN JUL 31 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

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

     COMERIO
     NARANJITO
     TOA ALTA
     BAYAMON

* UNTIL 600 PM AST

* THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WITHIN  
  THE WARNING AREA.

* AT 308 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 
TO INDICATE A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG 
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AFFECTING THESE 
MUNICIPALITIES. U.S.G.S. RIVER GAUGES INDICATED THAT RIO LA PLATA AT 
NARANJITO WAS NEARING FLOOD STAGE AS A WATER SURGE MOVES DOWNSTREAM 
AND THIS SURGE OF WATER WILL MOVE TOWARD TOA ALTA. BACK UPSTREAM AT 
COMERIO...THE RIVER WAS ALSO RISING QUICKLY AND THIS WATER WILL FLOW 
DOWNSTREAM TO THESE OTHER AREAS THROUGH 600 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 600 PM AND THIS WILL 
RESULT IN NEW FLASH AND RIVER FLOODING WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. 
ALSO...MUDSLIDES WILL OCCUR OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

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 1838 6621 1832 6617 1823 6620 1822 6626
      1838 6626

$$

SEELEY

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 312219 CCA
FFSSJU

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO REMOVE MENTION OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
601 PM AST SUN JUL 31 2005

PRC045-105-312220-

COMERIO-NARANJITO-
601 PM AST SUN JUL 31 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 600 PM AST...
FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES...

IN PUERTO RICO
     COMERIO...NARANJITO

AT 6 PM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAIN HAD DISSIPATED AND 
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE ALTHOUGH RIVERS REMAIN HIGH...NONE 
ARE FLOODED AND THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING WILL NOT RETURN TODAY.

$$

SNELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 31, 2:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Jul 31, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	JSJ	31 days
Jul 31, 4:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	20 hr
Jul 31, 5:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr
Jul 31, 6:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	19 hr
Jul 31, 6:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	18 hr

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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.