Flash Flood Warning 119, NWS JSJ

Issued

Aug 23, 2011, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)

Expired

Aug 23, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS JSJ

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

The San Juan radar (TJUA), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGCA52 TJSJ 232000
FFWSJU
PRC013-039-054-073-141-240100-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.W.0119.110823T2000Z-110824T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
400 PM AST TUE AUG 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO
     CIALES
     FLORIDA
     JAYUYA
     UTUADO
     ARECIBO

* UNTIL 900 PM AST

* AT 352 PM AST...U.S.G.S RIVER SENSORS INDICATED RIO GRANDE DE 
ARECIBO OUT OF ITS BANKS AT A FEW LOCATIONS INCLUDING LAGO DOS BOCAS 
IN UTUADO. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THESE MUNICIPALITIES 
DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH SATURATED SOILS AND HIGH RIVER 
FLOW A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 1849 6674 1849 6663 1824 6653 1821 6666

$$

FC/AAS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
     HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANJUAN

177 
WGCA72 TJSJ 240103
FFSSJU

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
903 PM AST TUE AUG 23 2011

PRC013-039-054-073-141-240111-
/O.EXP.TJSJ.FF.W.0119.000000T0000Z-110824T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CIALES PR-FLORIDA PR-JAYUYA PR-UTUADO PR-ARECIBO PR-
903 PM AST TUE AUG 23 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR ARECIBO...UTUADO...
JAYUYA...FLORIDA AND CIALES MUNICIPALITIES...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH AFFECTED THIS AREA
HAD DISSIPATED OR MOVED AWAY. NO SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS 
EXPECTED ACROSS THESE AREAS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...A FLOOD WARNING 
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SAME AREA...AS RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO REMAIN 
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.

LAT...LON 1849 6674 1849 6663 1824 6653 1821 6666

$$

CASTRO

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
     HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANJUAN

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

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