Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015

Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS JSJ

October 26, 2015

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 26, 2015, 12:54 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
Oct 26, 2015, 12:54 PM CDT (17:54 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2015, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

The radar

The San Juan radar (TJUA), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 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.

120 
WGCA52 TJSJ 261754
FFWSJU
PRC023-067-262045-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.W.0013.151026T1754Z-151026T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
154 PM AST MON OCT 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CABO ROJO MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
  HORMIGUEROS MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...

* UNTIL 445 PM AST
    
* AT 149 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 
  RAIN DEVELOPING OVER THE RIO ROSARIO AND GUANAJIBO BASIN. 
  ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE 
  FLOODING PROBLEMS ON ROAD 114. THIS ROAD 114 IS ALREADY IMPASSABLE 
  DUE TO RIO ROSARIO OUT OF ITS BANKS AS REPORTED BY LOCAL EMERGENCY 
  MANAGERS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD 
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 1814 6712 1813 6713 1814 6716 1815 6716
      1815 6714

$$

ER/RGH

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 9:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ3 hr
Oct 26, 8:02 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningJSJ88 min
Oct 26, 9:34 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningJSJ116 min
Oct 26, 9:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJSJ51 min
Oct 26, 10:01 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningJSJ29 min
Oct 26, 10:07 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningJSJ83 min
Oct 26, 10:33 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningJSJ57 min
Oct 26, 11:09 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningJSJ111 min
Oct 26, 11:32 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningJSJ13 min
Oct 26, 12:19 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningJSJ116 min
Oct 26, 12:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ3 hr
Oct 26, 1:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJSJ50 min
Oct 26, 1:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningJSJ107 min
Oct 26, 4:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningJSJ55 min
Oct 26, 5:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ3 hr
Oct 26, 5:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.