Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005

Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS JSJ

August 16, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2005, 4:44 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, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2005, 10:45 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 162146
FFWSJU
PRC127-162345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
544 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
     SAN JUAN

* UNTIL 745 PM AST

* AT 5:30 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 
MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE SAN JUAN METRO AREA...PRODUCING 
VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF HATO REY AND RIO PIEDRAS. THE 
USGS RIVER LEVEL SENSORS SHOW RIO PIEDRAS RISING RAPIDLY...AND 
LIKELY TO FLOW OUT OF ITS BANKS IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. 

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 1841 6603 1835 6603 1838 6611 1845 6610

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 162352
FFSSJU
PRC127-170045-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
0740 PM AST TUE AUG 16 2005

 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7:45 PM 
AST...FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES...

     SAN JUAN

AT 740 PM AST...THE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION 
OVER THE PREVIOUSLY WARNED AREA.  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 AND NO 
ADDITIONAL 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 1841 6603 1835 6603 1838 6611 1845 6610

$$

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, 2:10 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.