Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005

Flash Flood Warning 99, NWS JSJ

August 17, 2005

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 2005, 1:35 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 17, 2005, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 2005, 7:30 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 171835
FFWSJU
PRC021-137-172030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
235 PM AST WED AUG 17 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM AST

* AT 229 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

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 1842 6616 1839 6618 1841 6627 1845 6627

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 172027
FFSSJU
PRC021-137-172130-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
425 PM AST WED AUG 17 2005

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES OF 

     BAYAMON AND TOA BAJA

...HAS EXPIRED...

AT 420 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER THESE MUNICIPALITIES HAS 
ENDED. ALTHOUGH SOME CHANCES FOR ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE 
SHOWERS REMAIN IN THE EVENING...CONDITIONS FOR FLASH FLOODING ARE 
NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

FOR THAT REASON THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES ABOVE 
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

$$

RIVERA

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 1:50 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.