Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Watches in 2013
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS JSJ
NWS JSJ issued this flash flood watch at May 24, 2013, 4:40 AM CDT. It took effect at May 24, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2013, 4:40 AM CDT (09:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 25, 2013, 11:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS JSJ
- Flood severity
- None
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
472 WGCA62 TJSJ 240941 FFASJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 540 AM AST FRI MAY 24 2013 PRZ001>013-242130- /O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.130524T1600Z-130525T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...SAN JUAN... CAROLINA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA... SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO... COROZAL...AIBONITO...VILLALBA...JAYUYA...PONCE...AGUADILLA... ISABELA...HATILLO...QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES... ADJUNTAS...HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO... LAJAS...CULEBRA...ESPERANZA 540 AM AST FRI MAY 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON AST TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. * FROM NOON AST TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * A SURGE OF MOISTURE IN THE EASTERLY TRADE WINDS WILL BRING HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. SOME OF THESE AREAS WILL SEE REPEATED PASSAGES OF HEAVY SHOWERS LEADING TO FLOODING. * NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAISE SOME AREA SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO FLOOD STAGE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. SOME ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IN THE AREA WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOONS OR EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$
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016 WGCA62 TJSJ 241914 FFASJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 314 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013 VIZ001-002-250315- /O.EXB.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.130525T0900Z-130525T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...ANNA'S RETREAT... CHARLOTTE AMALIE...CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST...CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST... CRUZ BAY...CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED...FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST... GROVE PLACE 314 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF VIRGIN ISLANDS... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ST CROIX AND ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS ADJACENT TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE ANEGADA PASSAGE TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE GENERALLY TO THE NORTHWEST AND LIKELY AFFECT THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TOWARD DAYBREAK SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. THIS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF DRY GUTS. SOME ROADS AND HIGHWAYS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$ PRZ001>013-250315- /O.CON.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130525T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...SAN JUAN... CAROLINA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA... SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO... COROZAL...AIBONITO...VILLALBA...JAYUYA...PONCE...AGUADILLA... ISABELA...HATILLO...QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES... ADJUNTAS...HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO... LAJAS...CULEBRA...ESPERANZA 314 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... CENTRAL INTERIOR...CULEBRA...EASTERN INTERIOR...MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY...NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...NORTHWEST...PONCE AND VICINITY...SAN JUAN AND VICINITY...SOUTHEAST...SOUTHWEST... VIEQUES AND WESTERN INTERIOR. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY POSE A RISK OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER...MAIN THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND GREATER RISK OF FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE TOMORROW AS DEEPER MOISTURE IS DRAWN NORTHWESTWARD ON EAST SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL WINDS AND BEGINS TO INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN APPEAR LIKELY NORTH OF THE CENTRAL CORDILLERA...EASTERN PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. THESE AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$
655 WGCA62 TJSJ 250217 FFASJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1017 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013 VIZ001-002-250800- /O.EXT.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.130525T0217Z-130525T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...ANNA'S RETREAT... CHARLOTTE AMALIE...CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST...CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST... CRUZ BAY...CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED...FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST... GROVE PLACE 1017 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF VIRGIN ISLANDS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ST CROIX AND ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT. NEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE GENERALLY TO THE NORTHWEST AND LIKELY AFFECT THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TOWARD SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. THIS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF DRY GUTS. SOME ROADS AND HIGHWAYS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$ PRZ001>013-250800- /O.CON.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130525T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...SAN JUAN... CAROLINA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA... SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO... COROZAL...AIBONITO...VILLALBA...JAYUYA...PONCE...AGUADILLA... ISABELA...HATILLO...QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES... ADJUNTAS...HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO... LAJAS...CULEBRA...ESPERANZA 1017 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... CENTRAL INTERIOR...CULEBRA...EASTERN INTERIOR...MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY...NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...NORTHWEST...PONCE AND VICINITY...SAN JUAN AND VICINITY...SOUTHEAST...SOUTHWEST... VIEQUES AND WESTERN INTERIOR. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT MAY POSE A RISK OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER... MAIN THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND GREATER RISK OF FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE SATURDAY AS DEEPER MOISTURE IS DRAWN NORTHWESTWARD ON EAST SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL WINDS AND BEGINS TO INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN APPEAR LIKELY NORTH OF THE CENTRAL CORDILLERA...EASTERN PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. THESE AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$
109 WGCA62 TJSJ 250230 CCA FFASJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1028 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013 VIZ001-002-250815- /O.COR.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.130525T0217Z-130525T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...ANNA'S RETREAT... CHARLOTTE AMALIE...CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST...CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST... CRUZ BAY...CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED...FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST... GROVE PLACE 1028 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT * FOR ALL THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT. NEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE GENERALLY TO THE NORTHWEST AND LIKELY AFFECT THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TOWARD SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. THIS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF DRY GUTS. SOME ROADS AND HIGHWAYS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$ PRZ001>013-250815- /O.COR.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130525T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...SAN JUAN... CAROLINA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA... SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO... COROZAL...AIBONITO...VILLALBA...JAYUYA...PONCE...AGUADILLA... ISABELA...HATILLO...QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES... ADJUNTAS...HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO... LAJAS...CULEBRA...ESPERANZA 1028 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES * FOR ALL PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT MAY POSE A RISK OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER... MAIN THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND GREATER RISK OF FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE SATURDAY AS DEEPER MOISTURE IS DRAWN NORTHWESTWARD ON EAST SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL WINDS AND BEGINS TO INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN APPEAR LIKELY NORTH OF THE CENTRAL CORDILLERA...EASTERN PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. THESE AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$
408 WGCA62 TJSJ 250805 AAA FFASJU FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 405 AM AST SAT MAY 25 2013 PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-252015- /O.CON.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130525T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...SAN JUAN... CAROLINA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA... SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO... COROZAL...AIBONITO...VILLALBA...JAYUYA...PONCE...AGUADILLA... ISABELA...HATILLO...QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES... ADJUNTAS...HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO... LAJAS...CULEBRA...ESPERANZA...ANNA'S RETREAT...CHARLOTTE AMALIE... CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST...CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST...CRUZ BAY... CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED...FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST...GROVE PLACE 405 AM AST SAT MAY 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. * THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL POSE A RISK OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. DEEPER MOISTURE IS BEING DRAWN OVER THE AREA ON EAST SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL WINDS AND WILL BEGIN TO INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD AREAS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN APPEAR LIKELY NORTH OF THE CENTRAL CORDILLERA...AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO...WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE OVER CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. THESE AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. * EXPECT RAPID RISES IN SMALL STREAMS OR GUTS AND RIVERS...WITH MUDSLIDES POSSIBLE IN STEEP TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$ SNELL
429 WGCA62 TJSJ 251852 FFASJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 252 PM AST SAT MAY 25 2013 PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-261000- /O.EXT.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130526T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...SAN JUAN... CAROLINA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA... SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO... COROZAL...AIBONITO...VILLALBA...JAYUYA...PONCE...AGUADILLA... ISABELA...HATILLO...QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES... ADJUNTAS...HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO... LAJAS...CULEBRA...ESPERANZA...ANNA'S RETREAT...CHARLOTTE AMALIE... CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST...CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST...CRUZ BAY... CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED...FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST...GROVE PLACE 252 PM AST SAT MAY 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN PUERTO RICO...CENTRAL INTERIOR...CULEBRA... EASTERN INTERIOR...MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY...NORTH CENTRAL... NORTHEAST...NORTHWEST...PONCE AND VICINITY...SAN JUAN AND VICINITY...SOUTHEAST...SOUTHWEST...VIEQUES AND WESTERN INTERIOR. IN VIRGIN ISLANDS...ST CROIX AND ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS. * THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL POSE A RISK OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. DEEPER MOISTURE IS BEING DRAWN OVER THE AREA ON EAST SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL WINDS AND WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD AREAS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN APPEAR LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL... NORTHERN...AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO...WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE OVER CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. THESE AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. THE CURRENT AND EXPECTED ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AGAIN ON SUNDAY ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS. GIVEN SOIL SATURATION AND THE AMOUNTS OF RAIN EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ANY SIGNIFICANT RAIN ON SUNDAY WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. * EXPECT RAPID RISES IN SMALL STREAMS OR GUTS AND RIVERS...WITH MUDSLIDES POSSIBLE IN STEEP TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$
008 WGCA62 TJSJ 260209 FFASJU FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1009 PM AST SAT MAY 25 2013 PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-261000- /O.CON.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130526T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN JUAN...CAROLINA...FAJARDO... HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA...SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS... ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO...COROZAL...AIBONITO... VILLALBA...JAYUYA...PONCE...AGUADILLA...ISABELA...HATILLO... QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES...ADJUNTAS... HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO...LAJAS... CULEBRA...ESPERANZA...ANNA'S RETREAT...CHARLOTTE AMALIE... CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST...CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST...CRUZ BAY... CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED...FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST... GROVE PLACE 1009 PM AST SAT MAY 25 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * ALL PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS * THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AT LEAST THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AS DEEP MOISTURE INTERACTS WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED SOILS...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RAPID RISES IN SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...GUTS AND RIVERS...AS WELL AS MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED... AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. && $$
590 WGCA62 TJSJ 260441 FFASJU FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1241 AM AST SUN MAY 26 2013 PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-260545- /O.CAN.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130526T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...SAN JUAN... CAROLINA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA... SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO... COROZAL...AIBONITO...VILLALBA...JAYUYA...PONCE...AGUADILLA... ISABELA...HATILLO...QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES... ADJUNTAS...HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO... LAJAS...CULEBRA...ESPERANZA...ANNA'S RETREAT...CHARLOTTE AMALIE... CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST...CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST...CRUZ BAY... CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED...FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST...GROVE PLACE 1241 AM AST SUN MAY 26 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS HAS BEEN CANCELED. LATEST MODELS SHOW INSUFFICIENT DYNAMICS AND MOISTURE TO SUSTAIN WIDESPREAD FLOODING TONIGHT OR SUNDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR...AND SOME WILL HAVE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD BRING LOCALIZED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING...BUT MOST OF PUERTO RICO WILL SEE LESS THAN ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ SNELL
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 24, 4:20 AM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 4:20 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 520 AM AST FRI MAY 24 2013 .SYNOPSIS...AT MID AND UPPER LEVELS...A WEAK SHORT WAVE IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA TO THE EAST AT UPPER LEVELS WHILE A STRONGER LONG WAVE IS MOVING TOWARD THE ATLANTIC OCEAN FROM THE U.S. MAINLAND AND WILL PUSH RIPPLES THROUGH THE LOCAL AREA UNTIL TUESDAY IN MOSTLY WESTERLY...CYCLONIC FLOW. HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE CARIBBEAN MID WEEK...BUT LOW PRESSURE BEGINS FORMING IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC NEAR FLORIDA AND GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING A SHIFT TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW LATER NEXT WEEK. AT LOWER LEVELS...HIGH PRESSURE CONSOLIDATES IN THE NORTHERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC DURING THE WEEKEND AND MAINTAINS VERY MOIST EAST SOUTHEAST TRADE WIND FLOW THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY NEAR 42 WEST WILL PASS MAINLY SOUTH OF THE LOCAL AREA ON MONDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED BY CONTINUED MOIST FLOW. && .DISCUSSION...SHOWERS HAVE INCREASED IN THE CARIBBEAN BETWEEN SAINT CROIX AND SAINT JOHN WHILE INDIVIDUAL CELLS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE PUERTO RICO MAINLAND. SMALL SHOWERS HAVE BEEN PASSING THROUGH EASTERN PUERTO RICO ALL NIGHT. THE MOISTENING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...BRINGING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WITH SOILS ALREADY SATURATED AND RIVERS RUNNING SOMEWHAT ABOVE BASE FLOW...EXPECT THAT THERE COULD BE FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES ONCE THE MAIN SURGE OF MOISTURE ARRIVES IN PUERTO RICO...THEREFORE WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AROUND 6 AM AST THIS MORNING AND ALLOW IT TO EXTEND THROUGH SATURDAY. THE LATEST GFS MODEL FROM 24/00Z SHOWS TODAY AS HAVING THE BEST AND MOST CONTINUOUS MOISTURE COLUMN OF ANY DAY UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY. THIS DEEP SUPPORT WILL ALLOW WIDESPREAD SHOWER ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND LINGER THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT TONIGHT. MOIST FLOW WILL CONTINUE THIS SCENARIO THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND...ALTHOUGH THE GFS DID SHOW SOME WEAKENING OF THE MOISTURE ON SUNDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THE WETTER THAN NORMAL PERIOD THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK NEXT WEEK WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AFTER MID WEEK. THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS HOWEVER SHOULD NOT SEE SUFFICIENT RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALTHOUGH SHOWERS WILL BE NUMEROUS. THE ARRIVAL OF THE TROPICAL WAVE AND THE EXTENDED HIGH HUMIDITY BEHIND IT SUGGEST THAT NEXT WEEK WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE NORMAL IN TERMS OF RAINFALL FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS ALL TAF SITES THROUGH AT LEAST 24/12Z. HOWEVER...PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER TIST...TISX...TNCM AND TKPK IN SHOWERS. AFTER 24/16Z MVFR TO BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE TERMINALS DUE TO SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...MTN OBSCURATIONS AND VARIABLE GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THE SHRA/TSRA. SURFACE WINDS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY EAST AT 10 TO 15 KTS. && .MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS ARE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE SLIGHTLY AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES COME DOWN AT 6 AM AST FOR ALL BUT THE OUTER ATLANTIC WATERS. SEAS REMAIN AT OR BELOW 6 FEET FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SJU 86 76 86 76 / 70 70 70 70 STT 85 76 86 77 / 60 70 70 70 && .SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO BE ISSUED AROUND 6 AM AST FOR PUERTO RICO THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VI...NONE. COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM AST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR ANEGADA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N- CARIBBEAN WATERS OF PUERTO RICO FROM 10 NM TO 17N-COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN USVI VIEQUES AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY FOR ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N. && 13/12
Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 5:21 AM CDT, 23 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 621 AM AST THU MAY 23 2013 AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-241030- 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- 621 AM AST THU MAY 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL INTERIOR AND WESTERN PUERTO RICO DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH WILL LEAD TO URBAN FLOODING AND RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AN INCREASE IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED DUE TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. THEREFORE...FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND URBAN AREAS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... FLOODING REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-241030- ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS- 621 AM AST THU MAY 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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Sources
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