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Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS JSJ

October 28, 2007

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 28, 2007, 8:19 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 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: Oct 28, 2007, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired: Oct 29, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

The radar

The San Juan radar (TJUA), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 290125
FFWSJU
PRC023-043-055-059-067-075-079-093-111-113-121-125-133-149-153-
290530-
/O.EXT.TJSJ.FF.W.0043.000000T0000Z-071029T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
919 PM AST SUN OCT 28 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO
     HORMIGUEROS
     COAMO
     MARICAO
     SABANA GRANDE
     SAN GERMAN
     YAUCO
     VILLALBA
     GUAYANILLA
     GUANICA
     JUANA DIAZ
     PONCE
     CABO ROJO
     SANTA ISABEL
     PENUELAS
     LAJAS

* UNTIL 130 AM AST

* AT 919 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE BAND OF 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN COASTS 
OF PUERTO RICO. DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THIS AREA THE PAST FEW 
DAYS...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH THE LATE 
EVENING HOURS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR 
SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO THROUGH 130 AM AST MONDAY 
MORNING. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES CAN BE EXPECTED IN AREAS OF STEEP 
TERRAIN. 

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. 

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. 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. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR 
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A 
FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER 
MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 1795 6720 1814 6715 1804 6697 1805 6690
      1814 6691 1817 6683 1812 6675 1815 6634
      1809 6629 1795 6636 1800 6647
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 180DEG 0KT 1786 6644

$$

SR

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.