Alert archive / U.S. Virgin Islands / Coastal Flood Warnings in 2008

Coastal Flood Warning 2, NWS JSJ

October 15, 2008

NWS JSJ issued this coastal flood warning at Oct 15, 2008, 5:53 PM CDT. It took effect at Oct 15, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 15, 2008, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 15, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 16, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS JSJ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this coastal flood warning went out at Oct 15, 5:10 PM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 5:10 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 15, 7:33 AM CDT, 10 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN...DELAYED
ISLANDS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
833 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008

AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-161245-
SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES-
THE NEARSHORE AND OFF SHORE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
833 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE OUTER FRINGES OF HURRICANE OMAR...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH
ACROSS PUERTO RICO TODAY...WITH MORE FREQUENT BANDS THEN
SPREADING OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. PERIODS OF VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENTS...VISITORS AND MOTORISTS CAN
THEREFORE EXPECT AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. DUE TO
ALREADY SATURATED SOILS ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA...ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RAPID RIVER RISES
AND FLASH FLOODING...ALONG WITH MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
PUERTO RICO. ALSO...A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
PUERTO RICO...AND A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VIEQUES AND
CULEBRA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

HURRICANE OMAR WILL PASS THURSDAY CLOSE TO THE LOCAL AREA...AND
WILL EXIT THE LOCA AREA LATE THURSDAY AND EARLY FRIDAY. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EXPECTED ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-161245-
ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
833 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE OUTER FRINGES OF HURRICANE OMAR...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH
ACROSS PUERTO RICO TODAY...WITH MORE FREQUENT BANDS THEN
SPREADING OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. PERIODS OF VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENTS...VISITORS AND MOTORISTS CAN
THEREFORE EXPECT AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. DUE TO
ALREADY SATURATED SOILS ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA...ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RAPID RIVER RISES
AND FLASH FLOODING...ALONG WITH MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
PUERTO RICO. ALSO...A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
PUERTO RICO...AND A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VIEQUES AND
CULEBRA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

HURRICANE OMAR WILL PASS THURSDAY CLOSE TO THE LOCAL AREA...AND
WILL EXIT THE LOCA AREA LATE THURSDAY AND EARLY FRIDAY. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EXPECTED ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 2:02 AM CDTHurricane WarningJSJ27 hr
Oct 15, 12:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ4 hr
Oct 15, 4:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ6 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Warnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, 2008Every coastal flood warning in 2008

Sources

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