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Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS JSJ

October 8, 2008

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2008, 2:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 115 min. 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 8, 2008, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired: Oct 8, 2008, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

The text

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

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 081935
FFWSJU
PRC127-139-082130-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.W.0073.081008T1935Z-081008T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
335 PM AST WED OCT 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO
     TRUJILLO ALTO
     SAN JUAN

* UNTIL 530 PM AST

* AT 326 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SECTIONS OF THE 
SAN JUAN METRO AREA. IN ADDITION...U.S.G.S. RIVER GAGE SENSORS ALONG 
THE RIO PIEDRAS INDICATE THAT THE RIVER IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING FLOOD 
STAGE...WITH LIKELY FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS SECTIONS OF 
THE RIO PIEDRAS AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

THE RIO PIEDRAS AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.

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.

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 1846 6606 1835 6601 1832 6607 1847 6612

$$
SR/BCS

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 8, 12:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	2 hr
Oct 8, 12:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr
Oct 8, 1:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr
Oct 8, 2:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr
Oct 8, 3:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	119 min
Oct 8, 5:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2008 Every flash 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.