Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007

Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS JSJ

August 8, 2007

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2007, 6:29 AM CDT. It was in force for 93 days. 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 8, 2007, 6:29 AM CDT (11:29 UTC)
Expired: Nov 9, 2007, 2:45 PM CST
In force: 93 days
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Flood severity: None

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 081129
FFWSJU
PRC151-081330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
729 AM AST WED AUG 8 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO
     YABUCOA

* UNTIL 930 AM AST

* AT 724 AM AST...U.S.G.S. RIVER GAGES INDICATED THAT RIO GUAYANES 
AT YABUCOA WAS NEAR CREST...BUT LEVELS WERE STILL ABOUT 3 FEET ABOVE 
FLOOD STAGE. IN ADDITION...SATELLITE DATA INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND 
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL AFFECTING THIS AREA AND ANY 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING AND MAY RESULT 
IN NEW FLASH FLOODING. 

THIS REMAINS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU LIVE IN OR ARE 
TRAVELING THROUGH THIS MUNICIPALITY THIS MORNING...USE EXTRA CAUTION 
AND STAY AWAY FROM THIS RIVER UNTIL FLOOD WATERS RECEDE.

REMEMBER...YOU SHOULD NEVER 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.

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 1810 6586 1801 6580 1804 6591 1810 6592

$$

BCS/AAS

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 091846
FFWSJU
PRC061-127-092045-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.W.0048.071109T1840Z-071109T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
240 PM AST FRI NOV 9 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO
     GUAYNABO
     SAN JUAN

* UNTIL 445 PM AST

* AT 235 PM AST...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 
HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED SEVERAL STREAMS TO REACH FLOOD LEVELS AND 
SOME ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
GUAYNABO...PUERTO NUEVO...HATO REY AND SANTURCE.

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 1837 6614 1839 6613 1847 6613 1846 6603
      1831 6604 1830 6612
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 180DEG 0KT 1840 6597

$$

RA

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 4:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ		91 days

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.