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Flash Flood Warning 125, NWS JSJ

October 8, 2010

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2010, 11:38 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 min. 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 8, 2010, 11:38 AM CDT (16:38 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2010, 11:50 AM CDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Oct 8, 9:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 9:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 8, 5:34 AM CDT, 6 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
634 AM AST FRI OCT 8 2010

AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-091045-
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-
634 AM AST FRI OCT 8 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
INTERMITTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PUERTO
RICO INCLUDING VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. THIS WILL MAINTAIN MANY RIVERS
IN FLOOD STAGE ACROSS THE ISLAND. THE THREAT OF MUDSLIDES
CONTINUES TO BE HIGH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF ON SATURDAY...BUT
ACTIVITY MAY STILL PROVOKE FLOODING. ALL RIVER SHOULD HAVE FALLEN
BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS MAY RETURN MONDAY AND
LOCALIZED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING MAY OCCUR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS...2
INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN OR FLOODING THAT HAS BEGUN TODAY ARE
WELCOME.

AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-091045-
ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
634 AM AST FRI OCT 8 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
EPISODES OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED THAT MAY CAUSE
BRIEF GUT FLOODING AND MAINTAIN FLOODING IN AREAS WITH POOR
DRAINAGE. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS 1 INCH OR
MORE OF RAIN OR FLOODING ARE WELCOME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 8, 7:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
809 AM AST FRI OCT 08 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0742 AM     FLASH FLOOD      YAUCO                   18.04N 66.86W
10/08/2010                   YAUCO              PR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROUTES 368...121 AND 335 FLOODED DUE TO RIO LOCO OUT OF
            ITS BANKS.

&&

LROSA
Local storm report, Oct 8, 8:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
929 AM AST FRI OCT 08 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0928 AM     FLASH FLOOD      PONCE                   17.99N 66.61W
10/08/2010                   PONCE              PR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HIGHWAYS 1 AND 2 FLOODED IN PONCE. TIBES...INABON AND
            CANAS RIVERS OUT OF THEIR BANKS.

&&

LROSA
Local storm report, Oct 8, 9:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Oct 8, 9:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 8, 11:24 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 8:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ5 hr
Oct 7, 9:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ4 hr
Oct 7, 11:29 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJSJ6 hr
Oct 7, 11:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ3 hr
Oct 8, 12:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ3 hr
Oct 8, 12:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ3 hr
Oct 8, 1:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ6 hr
Oct 8, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ3 hr
Oct 8, 3:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ3 hr
Oct 8, 5:32 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJSJ18 hr
Oct 8, 6:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ4 hr
Oct 8, 6:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ4 hr
Oct 8, 7:36 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJSJ4 hr
Oct 8, 9:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ4 hr
Oct 8, 9:56 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryJSJ19 hr
Oct 8, 10:21 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJSJ3 hr
Oct 8, 11:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJSJ6 hr
Oct 8, 11:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJSJ12 hr
Oct 8, 12:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningJSJ2 hr
Oct 8, 12:41 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJSJ12 hr
Oct 7, 7:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ6 hr
Oct 8, 1:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ4 hr
Oct 8, 11:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ4 hr
Oct 8, 12:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010

Sources

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