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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS JSJ

January 30, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Jan 30, 2005, 12:00 PM CST. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 30, 2005, 12:00 PM CST (18:00 UTC)
Expired: Jan 31, 2005, 7:00 AM CST
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 301751
FFWSJU
PRC143-302100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED IN TIME 

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

* UNTIL 5 PM AST

* AT 1:45 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS 
PASSING ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL COASTAL MUNICIPALITIES OF PUERTO 
RICO...LEAVING ONE TO TWO INCH RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE RIO 
CIBUCO RIVER BASIN DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. THE USGS RIVER LEVEL 
SENSOR ALONG THE RIVER IN VEGA BAJA CONTINUES TO SHOW A STEADY RISE 
IN WATER LEVEL...AND IS NOW WITHIN A FEW FEET OF FLOOD STAGE. PREMA 
OFFICIALS REPORTED EARLIER THAT THE RIO CIBUCO WAS REACHING 
DANGEROUS LEVELS...AND SOME AREAS ALONG THE RIVER WERE ALREADY BEING 
AFFECTED BY FLOOD WATERS IN THE FATIMA AND COREA SECTORS. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE COROZAL AND VEGA ALTA AREAS IN 
THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND THERE REMAINS A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH 
FLOODING TO OCCUR ALONG OTHER AREAS OF 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.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 30, 7:03 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		18 hr
Jan 30, 9:00 AM 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.