Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Watches in 2008

Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS JSJ

September 4, 2008

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood watch at Sep 4, 2008, 4:59 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 4, 2008, 4:59 AM CDT (09:59 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2008, 2:28 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Sep 4, 4:54 AM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 4:54 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 6:11 AM CDT, 22 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
711 AM AST WED SEP 3 2008

AMZ710>750-PRZ001>013-041115-
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-
711 AM AST WED SEP 3 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM TROPICAL STORM HANNA...LOCATED OVER THE
NORTH COAST OF HAITI...WILL BE AFFECTING THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE
DAY. SOILS ARE SATURATED THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE
ISLAND...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF FLASH
FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4
PM AST FOR THE ENTIRE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO. MUDSLIDES WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP AND SATURATED TERRAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

AMZ720-730-VIZ001-002-041115-
ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
711 AM AST WED SEP 3 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE OUTER BANDS OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING
PERIODS OF MODERATE RAINFALL...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MINOR FLOODING OF
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ALONG WITH PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningJSJ119 min
Sep 3, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningJSJ2 hr
Sep 3, 10:26 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJSJ6 hr
Sep 4, 4:21 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJSJ4 hr
Sep 4, 8:18 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJSJ2 hr
Sep 4, 12:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ6 hr
Sep 4, 4:40 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementJSJ3 hr
Sep 4, 4:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ114 min
Sep 4, 6:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ116 min
Sep 4, 6:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ3 hr
Sep 3, 10:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ8 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Puerto Rico, 2008Every flash flood watch 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.