Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014

Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS JSJ

May 8, 2014

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2014, 1:22 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2014, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2014, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

The radar

The San Juan radar (TJUA), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

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

616 
WGCA52 TJSJ 081822
FFWSJU
PRC031-082115-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.W.0002.140508T1822Z-140508T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
222 PM AST THU MAY 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO
     CAROLINA

* UNTIL 515 PM AST

* AT 217 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE MUNOZ MARIN 
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEARLY STATIONARY OR MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD. 
UP TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR ARE FALLING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
EXPECT FLASH FLOODING OF AREA SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ROBERTO CLEMENTE AND CAMPO RICO 
AVENUES. 

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 1844 6598 1843 6593 1840 6592 1839 6593
      1838 6592 1834 6591 1827 6591 1829 6594
      1831 6594 1838 6600 1840 6599 1845 6604
      1846 6599

$$

ROSA

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

1 follow-up statement

577 
WGCA72 TJSJ 082116
FFSSJU

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
516 PM AST THU MAY 8 2014

PRC031-082123-
/O.EXP.TJSJ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140508T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAROLINA PR-
516 PM AST THU MAY 8 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 515 PM AST FOR CAROLINA 
MUNICIPALITY...

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA AND ONLY VERY LIGHT RAIN IS 
EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY EVENING. NO FURTHER FLOODING IS EXPECTED AND 
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 1844 6598 1843 6593 1840 6592 1839 6593
      1838 6592 1834 6591 1827 6591 1829 6594
      1831 6594 1838 6600 1840 6599 1845 6604
      1846 6599

$$
GV

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 11:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr
May 8, 12:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr
May 8, 12:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	3 hr
May 8, 1:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr

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.