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Flash Flood Warning 97, NWS JSJ

August 16, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2005, 2:10 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: Aug 16, 2005, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2005, 8:15 AM 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 161917
FFWSJU
PRC054-113-141-162115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM AST

* AT 302 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAINS IN AN AREA FROM UTUADO TO FLORIDA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 
UTUADO.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

RIVER SENSOR INDICATED THAT THE FOLLOWING RIVERS ARE ABOUT TO ENTER 
FLOOD OR HAVE ALREADY DONE SO...RIO CERRILLOS...RIO JAUCA...RIO 
LIMON. IT IS ALSO EXPECTED THAT FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE 
MUNICIPALITY OF UTUADO AS FLOOD WATERS MOVE DOWNSTREAM AND 
ADDITIONAL RAIN FALLS THERE.

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 1804 6657 1804 6663 1815 6663 1817 6665
      1828 6665 1836 6654 1801 6654

$$

SNELL

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 162003
FFSSJU

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

PRC054-113-141-162115-
FLORIDA-UTUADO-PONCE-
400 PM AST TUE AUG 16 2005

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

IN PUERTO RICO
     FLORIDA...UTUADO AND PONCE

AT 355 PM AST...A PERSON REPORTED THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN ROAD 10 
AND 123 FLOODED BECAUSE RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO IN UTUADO HAS RISEN 
OUT OF ITS BANKS. ALSO... RIO VIVI ROSE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE IN UTUADO. 

RIO CERRILLOS IN PONCE HAS BEGAN TO GO DOWN. HOWEVER...LIGHT SHOWERS 
WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RESIDENTS 
ALONG THIS RIVER SHOULD MONITOR IT CLOSELY FOR THE REST OF 
THIS AFTERNOON.

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.

LAT...LON 1807 6660 1820 6657 1822 6660 1828 6660
      1836 6657 1836 6654 1825 6660 1812 6654
      1804 6654

$$

OB

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 162133
FFSSJU

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

PRC054-113-141-162230-
FLORIDA-UTUADO-PONCE-
520 PM AST TUE AUG 16 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 515 PM 
AST...FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES...

IN PUERTO RICO
     FLORIDA...UTUADO AND PONCE

AT 512 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED ONLY A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS 
OVER OR NEARBY THE WARNED MUNICIPALITIES MENTIONED ABOVE. RIVERS 
ACROSS THESE AREAS HAVE CRESTED AND IS NOW FALLING RAPIDLY TO NEAR 
NORMAL LEVELS. THEREFORE THERE IS NO LONGER A RISK OF FLASH FLOODING 
IN THE AREA AS NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  HOWEVER... 
IF YOU LIVE IN OR ARE PASSING THROUGH THE EARLIER WARNED AREA...YOU 
SHOULD AVOID CROSSING FLOODED ROADS AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH 
YOUR DESTINATION. YOU SHOULD ALSO STAY AWAY FROM RIVERS AND CREEKS 
UNTIL THEY HAVE RETURNED TO NORMAL LEVELS.

LAT...LON 1815 6665 1822 6668 1822 6679 1830 6679
      1833 6674 1830 6660 1836 6654 1815 6663
      1807 6654 1807 6654

$$

RAM

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 16, 1:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		19 hr
Aug 16, 4:44 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.