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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS JSJ

May 14, 2009

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood watch at May 14, 2009, 4:22 AM CDT. It took effect at May 14, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2009, 4:22 AM CDT (09:22 UTC)
In effect from
May 14, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 14, 2009, 1:59 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Flood severity
None

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 13, 3:18 PM CDT, 13 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 3:18 PM CDT, 13 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 5:53 AM CDT, 22 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
653 AM AST WED MAY 13 2009

AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-141100-
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-
653 AM AST WED MAY 13 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WET WEATHER CONTINUES WITH FREQUENT SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN PUERTO RICO IN THE MORNING AND
CONTINUED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IN WESTERN PUERTO RICO IN THE
AFTERNOONS. SOILS ARE SATURATED AND MUDSLIDES ARE BECOMING COMMON.
VERY HEAVY AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT SUFFICIENT RAIN WILL
FALL TO CREATE NUISANCE FLOODING IN MUCH OF PUERTO RICOS URBAN
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS. SOME RIVERS MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THE WET WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE NEXT 6
DAYS WITH FRIDAY AND TUESDAY APPEARING TO BE THE WETTEST.
MUDSLIDES WILL CONTINUE TO PRESENT PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE ISLANDS
STEEP TERRAIN...AND RIVER FLOODING MAY BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND
MORE LIKELY ON TUESDAY WITH NO DAY THIS WEEK EXCEPTED FROM
POSSIBLE FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER VIGILANCE IN AREAS OF
HEAVY RAIN WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-141100-
ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
653 AM AST WED MAY 13 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE TODAY IN THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THE WET WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE NEXT 6
DAYS WITH FRIDAY AND TUESDAY APPEARING TO BE THE WETTEST. SOME
NUISANCE FLOODING MAY BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY WITH MORE EXTENSIVE
URBAN AND GUT FLOODING POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER VIGILANCE IN AREAS OF
HEAVY RAIN WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 9:11 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJSJ4 hr
May 14, 1:04 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJSJ116 min
May 14, 2:08 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryJSJ24 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Puerto Rico, 2009Every flash flood watch in 2009

Sources

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