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Flash Flood Warning 96, NWS JSJ

August 16, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2005, 1:22 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: Aug 16, 2005, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2005, 8:15 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 161824
FFWSJU
PRC001-162115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
222 PM AST TUE AUG 16 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM AST

*FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE FOLLOWING RIVER...RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO...

* AT 213 PM AST...A RIVER LEVEL SENSOR INDICATED THAT THE WATER   
LEVELS OVER RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO WERE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND STILL 
INCREASING FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ANY
ROADS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS
ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 1814 6671 1815 6666 1817 6667 1819 6671

$$

OB/WS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 161904
FFSSJU

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
258 PM AST TUE AUG 16 2005

PRC001-162115-
ADJUNTAS-
300 PM AST TUE AUG 16 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM AST FOR THE FOLLOWING
MUNICIPALITY...

IN PUERTO RICO
     ADJUNTAS

AT 255 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SHOWERS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

EARLIER A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR RIO GRANDE DE 
ARECIBO...NOW RIO PELLEJAS OVER THE WARNED AREA HAS REACHED ITS 
FLOOD STAGE.  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE  
WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

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 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.

LAT...LON 1814 6671 1815 6666 1817 6667 1819 6671

$$

OB

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 162124
FFSSJU

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
522 PM AST TUE AUG 16 2005

PRC001-162132-
ADJUNTAS-
522 PM AST TUE AUG 16 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES AT 515 PM AST...
FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY...

IN PUERTO RICO
     ADJUNTAS

HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO IN ADJUNTAS 
HAS CRESTED AND IS NOW FALLING RAPIDLY TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS. ALSO 
RAIN IN THE ARE HAS DISSIPATED...THEREFORE THERE IS NO LONGER A RISK 
OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE AREA.

LAT...LON 1814 6671 1815 6666 1817 6667 1819 6671

$$

SNELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 16, 2:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		18 hr
Aug 16, 4:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		18 hr

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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.