Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Watches in 2009
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS JSJ
NWS JSJ issued this flash flood watch at May 5, 2009, 3:07 AM CDT. It took effect at May 5, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 56 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2009, 3:07 AM CDT (08:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 7, 2009, 6:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 hr
- Issued by
- NWS JSJ
- Flood severity
- None
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGCA62 TJSJ 050807 FFASJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 407 AM AST TUE MAY 5 2009 PRZ001>006-012-013-VIZ001-002-051615- /O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.090505T1600Z-090506T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...SAN JUAN... CAROLINA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA... SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO... COROZAL...AIBONITO...VILLALBA...JAYUYA...CULEBRA...ESPERANZA... ANNAS RETREAT...CHARLOTTE AMALIE...CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST... CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST...CRUZ BAY...CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED... FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST...GROVE PLACE 407 AM AST TUE MAY 5 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON AST TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN PUERTO RICO... CENTRAL INTERIOR...CULEBRA...EASTERN INTERIOR...NORTH CENTRAL... NORTHEAST...SAN JUAN AND VICINITY...SOUTHEAST AND VIEQUES. IN VIRGIN ISLANDS...ST CROIX AND ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS. * FROM NOON AST TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING * A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE LOCATED NORTH OF HISPANIOLA AND A SURFACE TROUGH LOCATED ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS WILL COMBINE WITH AN EAST SOUTHEAST FLOW OF VERY MOIST AIR TO TRIGGER NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. GIVEN THE ABNORMALLY HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE ATMOSPHERE...THESE SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF PUERTO RICO...VIEQUES...CULEBRA AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WOULD CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS AND LARGER TRIBUTARIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$
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000 WGCA62 TJSJ 051634 FFASJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1234 PM AST TUE MAY 5 2009 PRZ007>011-060045- /O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.A.0003.090506T1600Z-090507T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY- SOUTHWEST- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...PONCE...AGUADILLA... ISABELA...HATILLO...QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES... ADJUNTAS...HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO...LAJAS 1234 PM AST TUE MAY 5 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY...NORTHWEST...PONCE AND VICINITY...SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN INTERIOR. * FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * A SHORT WAVE TROUGH IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL AID A SLOWLY MOVING SURFACE TROUGH WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE CROSSING THE LOCAL AREA FROM THE EAST. THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL BRING AMPLE MOISTURE ALONG WITH IT AND WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT WESTERN PUERTO RICO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER WESTERN PUERTO RICO...ESPECIALLY THE INTERIOR MONTANE REGIONS AROUND NOON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING. DURING THE ENTIRE 28-HOUR PERIOD...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES ON THE COAST AND COASTAL PLAINS WESTERN PUERTO RICO. * RAINFALL WILL RAISE MANY STREAMS AND LOCAL RIVERS TO BANK FULL AND BEYOND IN LOCALIZED AREAS WHERE RAINFALL IS HEAVIEST AND MUDSLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE CONSIDERABLE RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...MAKING SOILS SATURATED AND PRONE TO SLIPPAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING DURING THE HEAVIEST RAINS TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN DEBRIS FLOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$ PRZ001>006-012-013-VIZ001-002-060045- /O.EXT.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090507T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...SAN JUAN... CAROLINA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA... SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO... COROZAL...AIBONITO...VILLALBA...JAYUYA...CULEBRA...ESPERANZA... ANNAS RETREAT...CHARLOTTE AMALIE...CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST... CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST...CRUZ BAY...CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED... FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST...GROVE PLACE 1234 PM AST TUE MAY 5 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN PUERTO RICO...CENTRAL INTERIOR...CULEBRA... EASTERN INTERIOR...NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...SAN JUAN AND VICINITY...SOUTHEAST AND VIEQUES. IN VIRGIN ISLANDS...ST CROIX AND ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS. * HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * A SHORT WAVE TROUGH IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL AID A SLOWLY MOVING SURFACE TROUGH WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE CROSSING THE LOCAL AREA FROM THE EAST. THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL BRING AMPLE MOISTURE ALONG WITH IT TONIGHT IN THE SOUTHEAST FLOW BEHIND IT. THIS MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND SOUTHEAST AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ON AND OFF AT LEAST UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DURING THE ENTIRE 28-HOUR PERIOD...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN SAN JUAN AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND 3 TO 4 INCHES ON THE COAST AND COASTAL PLAINS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WOULD CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS AND LARGER TRIBUTARIES. MUDSLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE CONSIDERABLE RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...MAKING SOILS SATURATED AND PRONE TO SLIPPAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING DURING THE HEAVIEST RAIN TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN DEBRIS FLOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$
940 WGCA62 TJSJ 051649 CCA FFASJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1234 PM AST TUE MAY 5 2009 PRZ007>011-060045- /O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.A.0003.090506T1600Z-090507T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY- SOUTHWEST- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...PONCE...AGUADILLA... ISABELA...HATILLO...QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES... ADJUNTAS...HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO...LAJAS 1234 PM AST TUE MAY 5 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY...NORTHWEST...PONCE AND VICINITY...SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN INTERIOR. * FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * A SHORT WAVE TROUGH IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL AID A SLOWLY MOVING SURFACE TROUGH WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE CROSSING THE LOCAL AREA FROM THE EAST. THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL BRING AMPLE MOISTURE ALONG WITH IT AND WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT WESTERN PUERTO RICO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER WESTERN PUERTO RICO...ESPECIALLY THE INTERIOR MOUNTAIN REGIONS AROUND NOON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING. DURING THE ENTIRE 28-HOUR PERIOD...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES ON THE COAST AND COASTAL PLAINS WESTERN PUERTO RICO. * RAINFALL WILL RAISE MANY STREAMS AND LOCAL RIVERS TO BANK FULL AND BEYOND IN LOCALIZED AREAS WHERE RAINFALL IS HEAVIEST AND MUDSLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE CONSIDERABLE RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...MAKING SOILS SATURATED AND PRONE TO SLIPPAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING DURING THE HEAVIEST RAINS TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN DEBRIS FLOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$ PRZ001>006-012-013-VIZ001-002-060045- /O.EXT.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090507T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...SAN JUAN... CAROLINA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA... SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO... COROZAL...AIBONITO...VILLALBA...JAYUYA...CULEBRA...ESPERANZA... ANNA'S RETREAT...CHARLOTTE AMALIE...CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST... CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST...CRUZ BAY...CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED... FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST...GROVE PLACE 1234 PM AST TUE MAY 5 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN PUERTO RICO...CENTRAL INTERIOR...CULEBRA... EASTERN INTERIOR...NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...SAN JUAN AND VICINITY...SOUTHEAST AND VIEQUES. IN VIRGIN ISLANDS...ST CROIX AND ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS. * HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * A SHORT WAVE TROUGH IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL AID A SLOWLY MOVING SURFACE TROUGH WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE CROSSING THE LOCAL AREA FROM THE EAST. THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL BRING AMPLE MOISTURE ALONG WITH IT TONIGHT IN THE SOUTHEAST FLOW BEHIND IT. THIS MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND SOUTHEAST AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ON AND OFF AT LEAST UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DURING THE ENTIRE 28-HOUR PERIOD...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN SAN JUAN AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND 3 TO 4 INCHES ON THE COAST AND COASTAL PLAINS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WOULD CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS AND LARGER TRIBUTARIES. MUDSLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE CONSIDERABLE RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...MAKING SOILS SATURATED AND PRONE TO SLIPPAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING DURING THE HEAVIEST RAIN TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN DEBRIS FLOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$
000 WGCA62 TJSJ 060020 FFASJU FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 820 PM AST TUE MAY 5 2009 PRZ001>006-012-013-VIZ001-002-061200- /O.CON.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090507T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...SAN JUAN... CAROLINA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA... SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO... COROZAL...AIBONITO...VILLALBA...JAYUYA...CULEBRA...ESPERANZA... ANNAS RETREAT...CHARLOTTE AMALIE...CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST... CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST...CRUZ BAY...CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED... FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST...GROVE PLACE 820 PM AST TUE MAY 5 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN PUERTO RICO...CENTRAL INTERIOR...CULEBRA... EASTERN INTERIOR...NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...SAN JUAN AND VICINITY...SOUTHEAST AND VIEQUES. IN VIRGIN ISLANDS...ST CROIX AND ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * A TROUGH IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL AID A SLOWLY MOVING SURFACE TROUGH WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE CROSSING THE LOCAL AREA FROM THE EAST. THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL BRING AMPLE MOISTURE ALONG WITH IT TONIGHT IN THE SOUTHEAST FLOW BEHIND IT. THIS MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND SOUTHEAST AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ON AND OFF AT LEAST UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DURING THE ENTIRE 28-HOUR PERIOD...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN SAN JUAN AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND 3 TO 4 INCHES ON THE COAST AND COASTAL PLAINS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WOULD CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS AND LARGER TRIBUTARIES. MUDSLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE CONSIDERABLE RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...MAKING SOILS SATURATED AND PRONE TO SLIPPAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING DURING THE HEAVIEST RAIN TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN DEBRIS FLOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$ PRZ007>011-061200- /O.CON.TJSJ.FF.A.0003.090506T1600Z-090507T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY- SOUTHWEST- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...PONCE...AGUADILLA... ISABELA...HATILLO...QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES... ADJUNTAS...HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO...LAJAS 820 PM AST TUE MAY 5 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY...NORTHWEST...PONCE AND VICINITY... SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN INTERIOR. * FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * A TROUGH IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL AID A SLOWLY MOVING SURFACE TROUGH WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE CROSSING THE LOCAL AREA FROM THE EAST. THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL BRING AMPLE MOISTURE ALONG WITH IT AND WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT WESTERN PUERTO RICO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER WESTERN PUERTO RICO...ESPECIALLY THE INTERIOR MOUNTAIN REGIONS AROUND NOON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING. DURING THE ENTIRE 28-HOUR PERIOD...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE INTERIOR MOUNTAINS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES ON THE COAST AND COASTAL PLAINS WESTERN PUERTO RICO. * RAINFALL WILL RAISE MANY STREAMS AND LOCAL RIVERS TO BANK FULL AND BEYOND IN LOCALIZED AREAS WHERE RAINFALL IS HEAVIEST AND MUDSLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE CONSIDERABLE RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...MAKING SOILS SATURATED AND PRONE TO SLIPPAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING DURING THE HEAVIEST RAINS TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN DEBRIS FLOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$
000 WGCA62 TJSJ 060912 FFASJU FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 512 AM AST WED MAY 6 2009 PRZ001>006-012-013-VIZ001-002-061715- /O.CON.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090507T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...SAN JUAN... CAROLINA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA... SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO... COROZAL...AIBONITO...VILLALBA...JAYUYA...CULEBRA...ESPERANZA... ANNAS RETREAT...CHARLOTTE AMALIE...CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST... CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST...CRUZ BAY...CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED... FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST...GROVE PLACE 512 AM AST WED MAY 6 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN PUERTO RICO...CENTRAL INTERIOR...CULEBRA... EASTERN INTERIOR...NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...SAN JUAN AND VICINITY...SOUTHEAST AND VIEQUES. IN VIRGIN ISLANDS...ST CROIX AND ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * A BROAD TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TO THE NORTH OF HISPANIOLA WILL COMBINE WITH AN EAST SOUTHEAST FLOW OF VERY MOIST AIR TO GENERATE NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS. GIVEN THE ABNORMALLY HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT...SHOWERS WILL BE VERY EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WOULD CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS AND LARGER TRIBUTARIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING DURING THE HEAVIEST RAIN TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN DEBRIS FLOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$ PRZ007>011-061715- /O.CON.TJSJ.FF.A.0003.090506T1600Z-090507T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY- SOUTHWEST- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...PONCE...AGUADILLA... ISABELA...HATILLO...QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES... ADJUNTAS...HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO...LAJAS 512 AM AST WED MAY 6 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON AST TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY...NORTHWEST...PONCE AND VICINITY... SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN INTERIOR. * FROM NOON AST TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING * A BROAD TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TO THE NORTH OF HISPANIOLA WILL COMBINE WITH AN EAST SOUTHEAST FLOW OF VERY MOIST AIR TO GENERATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS. GIVEN THE ABNORMALLY HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT...SHOWERS WILL BE VERY EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF UP TO SIX INCHES POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WOULD CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING DURING THE HEAVIEST RAINS TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN DEBRIS FLOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$
000 WGCA62 TJSJ 061729 FFASJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 129 PM AST WED MAY 6 2009 PRZ001>006-012-013-VIZ001-002-070800- /O.EXT.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090507T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...SAN JUAN... CAROLINA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA... SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO... COROZAL...AIBONITO...VILLALBA...JAYUYA...CULEBRA...ESPERANZA... ANNAS RETREAT...CHARLOTTE AMALIE...CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST... CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST...CRUZ BAY...CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED... FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST...GROVE PLACE 129 PM AST WED MAY 6 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN PUERTO RICO...CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR...NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...SAN JUAN AND VICINITY...SOUTHEAST...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. IN VIRGIN ISLANDS...ST CROIX AND ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS. * THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A BROAD SURFACE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE...ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING DURING THE HEAVIEST RAIN TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN DEBRIS FLOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$ PRZ007>011-070800- /O.EXT.TJSJ.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-090507T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY- SOUTHWEST- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...PONCE...AGUADILLA... ISABELA...HATILLO...QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES... ADJUNTAS...HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO...LAJAS 129 PM AST WED MAY 6 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY...NORTHWEST...PONCE AND VICINITY... SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN INTERIOR. * THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A BROAD SURFACE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE...ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING DURING THE HEAVIEST RAINS TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN DEBRIS FLOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$
000 WGCA62 TJSJ 070746 FFASJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 346 AM AST THU MAY 7 2009 PRZ012-013-VIZ001-002-070900- /O.CAN.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090507T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CULEBRA-VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...CULEBRA... ESPERANZA...ANNAS RETREAT...CHARLOTTE AMALIE... CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST...CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST...CRUZ BAY... CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED...FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST...GROVE PLACE 346 AM AST THU MAY 7 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SHOWERS TODAY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ PRZ001>006-071915- /O.EXT.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090508T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...SAN JUAN... CAROLINA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA... SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO... COROZAL...AIBONITO...VILLALBA...JAYUYA 346 AM AST THU MAY 7 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... CENTRAL INTERIOR...EASTERN INTERIOR...NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST... SAN JUAN AND VICINITY AND SOUTHEAST. * THROUGH MID EVENING * A BROAD TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TO THE NORTH OF HISPANIOLA WILL COMBINE WITH AN EAST SOUTHEAST FLOW OF VERY MOIST AIR TO GENERATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF UP TO SIX INCHES POSSIBLY MAINLY OVER MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS... SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING DURING THE HEAVIEST RAIN TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN DEBRIS FLOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$ PRZ007>011-071600- /O.EXT.TJSJ.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-090508T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY- SOUTHWEST- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...PONCE...AGUADILLA... ISABELA...HATILLO...QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES... ADJUNTAS...HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO...LAJAS 346 AM AST THU MAY 7 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY...NORTHWEST...PONCE AND VICINITY... SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN INTERIOR. * THROUGH MID EVENING * A BROAD TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TO THE NORTH OF HISPANIOLA WILL COMBINE WITH AN EAST SOUTHEAST FLOW OF VERY MOIST AIR TO GENERATE NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS... SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING DURING THE HEAVIEST RAINS TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN DEBRIS FLOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$
000 WGCA62 TJSJ 071555 FFASJU FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1155 AM AST THU MAY 7 2009 PRZ001>006-080000- /O.CON.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090508T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...SAN JUAN... CAROLINA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA... SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO... COROZAL...AIBONITO...VILLALBA...JAYUYA 1155 AM AST THU MAY 7 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AST THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * ALL OF MAINLAND PUERTO RICO. * UNTIL 8 PM AST THIS EVENING * A BROAD TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TO THE NORTH OF HISPANIOLA WILL COMBINE WITH AN EAST SOUTHEAST FLOW OF VERY MOIST AIR TO GENERATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF UP TO SIX INCHES POSSIBLY MAINLY OVER MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS... SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING DURING THE HEAVIEST RAIN TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN DEBRIS FLOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$ PRZ007>011-080000- /O.CON.TJSJ.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-090508T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY- SOUTHWEST- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...PONCE...AGUADILLA... ISABELA...HATILLO...QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES... ADJUNTAS...HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO...LAJAS 1155 AM AST THU MAY 7 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AST THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * ALL OR MAINLAND PUERTO RICO. * UNTIL 8 PM AST THIS EVENING * A BROAD TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TO THE NORTH OF HISPANIOLA WILL COMBINE WITH AN EAST SOUTHEAST FLOW OF VERY MOIST AIR TO GENERATE NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS... SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING DURING THE HEAVIEST RAINS TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN DEBRIS FLOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$
000 WGCA62 TJSJ 072334 FFASJU FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 734 PM AST THU MAY 7 2009 PRZ001>006-080045- /O.CAN.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-090508T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...SAN JUAN... CAROLINA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA... SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO... COROZAL...AIBONITO...VILLALBA...JAYUYA 734 PM AST THU MAY 7 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF PUERTO RICO HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN THAT HOVERED SOUTH OF PUERTO RICO HAS DISSIPATED AND ONLY A FEW SMALL SHOWERS REMAIN OVER NORTHEAST PUERTO RICO. INTERMITTENT LIGHT RAIN MAY YET OCCUR OVERNIGHT BUT DANGER FROM FLOODING IS OVER AT LEAST THROUGH 10 AM AST FRIDAY. $$ PRZ007>011-080045- /O.CAN.TJSJ.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-090508T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY- SOUTHWEST- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...PONCE...AGUADILLA... ISABELA...HATILLO...QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES... ADJUNTAS...HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO...LAJAS 734 PM AST THU MAY 7 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF PUERTO RICO HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN THAT HOVERED SOUTH OF PUERTO RICO HAS DISSIPATED AND ONLY A FEW SMALL SHOWERS REMAIN OVER NORTHEAST PUERTO RICO. INTERMITTENT LIGHT RAIN MAY YET OCCUR OVERNIGHT BUT DANGER FROM FLOODING IS OVER AT LEAST THROUGH 10 AM AST FRIDAY. $$ SNELL
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 May 4, 10:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 10:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1119 PM AST MON MAY 4 2009 .UPDATE... CLOUDINESS AND CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ACROSS PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES CONTINUED TO DIMINISH DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY AS WELL AS THE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS NORTHEAST OF PUERTO RICO...AND JUST EAST OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. THIS ACTIVITY IS ALONG THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE SURFACE TROUGH AXIS WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT WESTWARDS ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROXIMITY OF A MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND A JET SEGMENT WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OVER THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS. THIS WILL MAINTAIN A VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS THE REGION AT LEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BEFORE THE MID TO UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED JET SEGMENT WEAKENS AND LIFTS NORTHWARDS. THEREAFTER AND THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL SINK FURTHER SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CARIBBEAN...AND THE PREVAILING SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW WILL MAINTAIN THE INFLUX OF TROPICAL MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION. THIS COMBINED WITH DIURNAL AND LOCAL EFFECTS WILL ENHANCE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS. THEREFORE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS FOR MUDSLIDES WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENT MADE TO THE INHERITED SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR NOW...AS SHOWER ACTIVITY SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED ACROSS PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. && .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED OVER PUERTO RICO...BUT REMAINS ACTIVE OVER THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND WATERS IMMEDIATELY EAST. EXPECT MOMENTARY IFR CONDITIONS WITH TSRA OVER TIST AND TISX LIKELY BETWEEN 04Z AND 12Z. THESE CELLS ARE EXTREMELY SLOW MOVING AND STORM MOTION IS TRICKY. FOR TUESDAY...EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE LIKELY PRODUCING MVFR TO IFR CIGS/VSBYS OVER AT LEAST TJBQ AND TJMZ IN PUERTO RICO...AND ALL SITES IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND LEEWARD ISLANDS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 423 PM AST MON MAY 4 2009/ DISCUSSION...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED THE ISLANDS OF ST JOHN AND ST THOMAS....PRODUCING RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 2 INCHES. ALSO SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG THE THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO...THESE SHOWERS MOVED SLOWLY NORTHWARD AFFECTING MOST OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF PUERTO RICO. AT THIS MOMENT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS CONTINUE TO AFFECT WESTERN PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. THESE SHOWERS WILL LINGER THROUGH LATE EVENING. A MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE THROUGH THE INCOMING WEEKEND. A 70 KNOTS JET STREAK OVER THE LOCAL AREA IS ALSO CONTRIBUTING ON THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ENHANCEMENT. THESE WEATHER FEATURES PROMISE TO GENERATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. SATURATED SOILS AND INCREASING SHOWERS THROUGH THE WEEK WILL INCREASE THE FLOODING POTENTIAL FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE USVI THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF PUERTO RICO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AS FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED AT SOME POINT THIS WEEK. AVIATION...EXPECT MVFR OR EVEN IFR CONDITIONS ACROSS TIST AND TISX DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND THE EVENING HOURS. SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH ACROSS TJBQ AND TJMZ THIS EVENING WITH MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER AN INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACCOMPANYING THE PREVAILING EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON...WILL BRING PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS ACROSS TJBQ AND TJMZ. LATEST TJSJ 12Z SOUNDING INDICATED A LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND FLOW FROM THE SURFACE TO AROUND 10K FEET...BECOMING WESTWARD AND STRONGER ABOVE 10K FEET. MARINE...NORMAL MARINE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK BUT MARINERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTIONS FOR THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES...LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SJU 75 84 75 85 / 40 60 50 70 STT 75 83 75 86 / 70 60 60 70 && .SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PR...NONE. VI...NONE. && 93/09
Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 11:10 AM CDT, 15 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1210 PM AST MON MAY 4 2009 AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-051615- 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- 1210 PM AST MON MAY 4 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS AS HEAVY RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE LOCATED NORTH OF HISPANIOLA WILL COMBINE WITH A VERY MOIST EAST SOUTHEAST FLOW TO GENERATE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-051615- ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS- 1210 PM AST MON MAY 4 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS AS HEAVY RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE LOCATED NORTH OF HISPANIOLA WILL COMBINE WITH A VERY MOIST EAST SOUTHEAST FLOW TO GENERATE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
The office that day
Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:08 PM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | JSJ | 12 hr | |
| May 5, 3:38 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | JSJ | 4 days | |
| May 5, 11:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JSJ | 55 hr | |
| May 5, 5:36 PM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | JSJ | 13 hr | |
| May 4, 9:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JSJ | 3 hr |
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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.