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Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS JSJ

August 2, 2014

NWS JSJ issued this areal flood warning at Aug 2, 2014, 7:05 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2014, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Aug 2, 4:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 4:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
507 PM AST SAT AUG 2 2014

.SYNOPSIS...THE CENTER OF BERTHA SHOULD MOVE AWAY FROM PUERTO
RICO THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE
TO BUILD THROUGH TUESDAY. TUTT EXPECTED TO BECOME DOMINANT WX
FEATURE MID WEEK ON.

&&

.DISCUSSION...BERTHA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE MONA
PASSAGE WITH RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH
THE EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED AMOUNTS BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES ACROSS
PORTIONS OF EAST AND SOUTH PUERTO RICO STILL POSSIBLE. AS BERTHA
MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA...WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO
IMPROVE. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
(SJUHLSSJU) FOR MORE DETAILS.

AS AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AND ASSOCIATED SUBSIDENCE
BUILD OVER THE AREA...A DRIER AND STABLE WEATHER PATTERN IS THEN
EXPECTED TO PREVAIL SUNDAY THROUGH AT LEAST MID WEEK. HOWEVER...
UNDER THE PREVAILING EASTERLY WIND FLOW...EXPECT A FEW TRADE WIND
PASSING SHOWERS ACROSS WINDWARD AREAS...FOLLOWED BY SOME AFTERNOON
CONVECTION WHICH WILL BE MAINLY FOCUSED ACROSS WESTERN PUERTO
RICO.

&&

.AVIATION...MVFR CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AT ALL TAF SITES
AS BERTHA MOVES AWAY FROM THE LOCAL AREA TONIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS
ACROSS NCM AND KPK LATER IN THE FORECAST PERIOD...THEN SPREADING
ACROSS VI AND PR TAF SITES.

&&

.MARINE...AS THE CENTER OF BERTHA MOVES AWAY FROM PUERTO RICO
IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...WINDS AND SEAS WILL
BEGIN TO SUBSIDE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU  77  86  78  86 /  70  20  20  30
STT  79  88  81  88 /  70  30  20  20

&&

.SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PR...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL INTERIOR-CULEBRA-EASTERN
     INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHEAST-
     NORTHWEST-PONCE AND VICINITY-SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-
     SOUTHEAST-SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-WESTERN INTERIOR.

VI...NONE.
COASTAL WATERS...
&&

99/99
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 4:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
501 PM AST SAT AUG 2 2014

AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-032115-
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-
501 PM AST SAT AUG 2 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL PUERTO RICO.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT (SJUHLSSJU)
FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE
NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-032115-
ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
501 PM AST SAT AUG 2 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PERIODS OF SHOWERS STILL EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS IN THE
EVENING HOURS. MINOR PONDING OF WATER AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE
WITH THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE
NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 2:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 2, 6:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
701 PM AST SAT AUG 02 2014

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

0435 PM     HEAVY RAIN       UTUADO                  18.27N 66.71W
08/02/2014  E0.00 INCH       UTUADO             PR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL MUDSLIDES WERE REPORTED IN UTUADO.

0435 PM     FLOOD            UTUADO                  18.27N 66.71W
08/02/2014                   UTUADO             PR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            URB FLOODING AT URBANIZATION CABRERA.

0435 PM     FLOOD            UTUADO                  18.27N 66.71W
08/02/2014                   UTUADO             PR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            URBAN FLODDING IN URB. CABRERA.

0435 PM     HEAVY RAIN       UTUADO                  18.27N 66.71W
08/02/2014  E0.00 INCH       UTUADO             PR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROAD PR-111 KM 4.8 AT BARRIO CAGUANA ONE LINE COLAPSED.

0435 PM     FLASH FLOOD      UTUADO                  18.27N 66.71W
08/02/2014                   UTUADO             PR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO WAS REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS AT
            GUANICO SECTOR BETWEEN ROADS PR-10 AND PR-123. ROAD WAS
            CLOSED.

0500 PM     TROPICAL STORM   BARRANQUITAS            18.19N 66.31W
08/02/2014                   BARRANQUITAS       PR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWERS LINES DOWNED AT ROAD PR-152, KM 1.6.

0500 PM     HEAVY RAIN       OROCOVIS                18.23N 66.39W
08/02/2014  E0.00 INCH       OROCOVIS           PR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MUDSLIDE WAS REPORTED AT BARRIO BERENJALES. PR-143.

0520 PM     FLOOD            MAYAGUEZ                18.20N 67.14W
08/02/2014                   MAYAGUEZ           PR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BARRIO TRASTALLERES NEAR UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO IN
            MAYAGUEZ A ROAD WAS FLOODED.

0520 PM     FLOOD            MAYAGUEZ                18.20N 67.14W
08/02/2014                   MAYAGUEZ           PR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            URBAN FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT PARQUE EL NUEVO MILENIO
            NEAR BARRIO GUANAJIBO.

&&

FCASTRO

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 9:39 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryJSJ10 hr
Aug 2, 10:35 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJSJ6 hr
Aug 3, 4:05 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJSJ6 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2014Every areal flood warning in 2014

Sources

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