Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011

Flash Flood Warning 155, NWS JSJ

November 25, 2011

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 25, 2011, 8:32 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 25, 2011, 8:32 PM CST (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Nov 26, 2011, 2:30 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

The radar

The San Juan radar (TJUA), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

071 
WGCA52 TJSJ 260232
FFWSJU
PRC017-039-091-101-260830-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.W.0155.111126T0232Z-111126T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1032 PM AST FRI NOV 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO
     BARCELONETA
     CIALES
     MANATI
     MOROVIS

* UNTIL 430 AM AST SATURDAY

* AT 1021 PM AST...HEAVY RAINS THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ARE FLOWING THROUGH THE RIO GRANDE DE MANATI.

FOR THE RIO GRANDE DE MANATI NEAR MANATI- MANP4
     FLOOD STAGE - 25 FEET.
     AT 1021 PM AST...THE USGS SENSOR INDICATED THE RIVER HAD RISEN  
     TO 25.34 FEET AND WAS STILL RISING QUICKLY.
     A CREST OF 28 FEET IS FORECAST BETWEEN 1 AM AND 3 AM AST        
     TONIGHT. MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 6658 1849 6652 1835 6645 1835 6649

$$
GV

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
     HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANJUAN
1 follow-up statement
898 
WGCA72 TJSJ 260356
FFSSJU

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1156 PM AST FRI NOV 25 2011

PRC039-101-260403-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.FF.W.0155.000000T0000Z-111126T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CIALES PR-MOROVIS PR-
1156 PM AST FRI NOV 25 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MOROVIS AND CIALES
MUNICIPALITIES...

LAT...LON 1838 6647 1837 6650 1849 6658 1849 6652

$$

PRC017-091-260830-
/O.CON.TJSJ.FF.W.0155.000000T0000Z-111126T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARCELONETA PR-MANATI PR-
1156 PM AST FRI NOV 25 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM AST FOR
MANATI AND BARCELONETA MUNICIPALITIES...

AT 1146 PM AST...A USGS RIVER SENSOR AT THE MANATI RIVER AT MANATI 
INDICATED THE RIVER WAS AT 28.68 FEET AND RISING AND FLOOD STAGE IS 
25 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST JUST BELOW 30 FEET AROUND 
230 AM SATURDAY MORNING. AT 28.5 FEET...THE RIVER FLOODS ROUTE 666 
IN THE CACHETE SECTOR IN MANATI.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 1838 6647 1837 6650 1849 6658 1849 6652

$$

ROSA

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

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 2:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchJSJ58 hr
Nov 26, 2:35 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningJSJ74 min
Nov 26, 9:11 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryJSJ64 hr
Nov 26, 11:32 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningJSJ58 min
Nov 26, 12:20 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ5 hr
Nov 26, 1:46 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ119 min
Nov 26, 2:15 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ2 hr
Nov 26, 3:42 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ2 hr
Nov 26, 4:15 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ3 hr
Nov 26, 4:31 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJSJ104 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.