Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS JSJ

Issued

Sep 23, 2015, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)

Expired

Sep 23, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS JSJ

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

The San Juan radar (TJUA), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGCA52 TJSJ 231931
FFWSJU
PRC027-071-081-115-131-232230-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.W.0005.150923T1931Z-150923T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
331 PM AST WED SEP 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CAMUY MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
  ISABELA MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
  QUEBRADILLAS MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
  SAN SEBASTIAN MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
  LARES MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...

* UNTIL 630 PM AST
    
* AT 329 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A PERSISTENT HEAVY   
  RAINFALL AFFECTING THESE AREAS IN THE LAST HOUR OR SO. EXCESSIVE   
  RUNOFF WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS AS   
  WELL AS ALONG THE RIO GUAJATACA BASIN. RIVER SENSORS SHOW STEADY   
  RISE ALONG RIO GUAJATACA. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF   
  ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 1848 6692 1843 6690 1837 6690 1837 6689
      1836 6688 1836 6687 1828 6684 1824 6688
      1841 6700 1849 6698 1849 6693

$$

ER/RAM

369 
WGCA72 TJSJ 232202
FFSSJU

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
602 PM AST WED SEP 23 2015

PRC027-071-081-115-131-232208-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150923T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMUY PR-ISABELA PR-QUEBRADILLAS PR-SAN SEBASTIAN PR-LARES PR-
602 PM AST WED SEP 23 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CAMUY...ISABELA...QUEBRADILLAS...SAN
SEBASTIAN AND LARES MUNICIPALITIES IS CANCELLED...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 

HOWEVER PONDING OF WATER IS STILL POSSIBLE IN SOME SECTORS ALONG RIO 
GUAJATACA...AS A RESULT A FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 
PM AST. 

THEREFORE...RESIDENTS AND MOTORIST ACROSS THESE AREAS SHOULD BE 
ALERT TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND ALLOW TIME FOR RIVERS 
AND STREAMS TO RETURN TO NORMAL LEVELS.


LAT...LON 1848 6692 1843 6690 1837 6690 1837 6689
      1836 6688 1836 6687 1828 6684 1824 6688
      1841 6700 1849 6698 1849 6693

$$

ER

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HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANJUAN

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

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.