Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS JSJ

Issued

Jun 16, 2011, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 2011, 1:13 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS JSJ

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

The San Juan radar (TJUA), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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688 
WGCA52 TJSJ 161530
FFWSJU
PRC025-029-031-061-063-087-127-139-161830-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.W.0068.110616T1530Z-110616T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1130 AM AST THU JUN 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO
     CAGUAS
     GURABO
     TRUJILLO ALTO
     GUAYNABO
     CANOVANAS
     CAROLINA
     SAN JUAN
     LOIZA

* UNTIL 230 PM AST

* AT 1127 AM AST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF SHOWERS WITH 
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...GUSTY 
WINDS... LIGHTNING ALONG WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED 
WITH THESE STORMS. 

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.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 1827 6605 1851 6614 1850 6595 1829 6589
      1823 6597

$$

EM

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

176 
WGCA72 TJSJ 161813
FFSSJU

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
213 PM AST THU JUN 16 2011

PRC025-029-031-061-063-087-127-139-161820-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-110616T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAGUAS PR-GURABO PR-TRUJILLO ALTO PR-GUAYNABO PR-CANOVANAS PR-
CAROLINA PR-SAN JUAN PR-LOIZA PR-
213 PM AST THU JUN 16 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR LOIZA...SAN JUAN...
CAROLINA...CANOVANAS...GUAYNABO...TRUJILLO ALTO...GURABO AND CAGUAS
MUNICIPALITIES...

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...DOPPLER RADAR 
CONTINUES TO INDICATE PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS OVER THE 
METRO AREA...SO THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN 
EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM AST...BUT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED.


LAT...LON 1827 6605 1851 6614 1850 6595 1829 6589
      1823 6597

$$

AAS

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.