Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016

Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS JSJ

October 7, 2016

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 7, 2016, 4:58 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 7, 2016, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired: Oct 7, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

The radar

The San Juan radar (TJUA), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted.

369 
WGCA52 TJSJ 072158
FFWSJU
PRC141-080100-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.W.0020.161007T2158Z-161008T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
558 PM AST FRI OCT 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  UTUADO MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...

* UNTIL 900 PM AST

* AT 554 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
  HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. RIVER GAGE UTXP4 IS JUST INCHES BELOW
  FLOOD STAGE AND IS EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE OF 14 FEET
  SHORTLY.

FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO RIVER IN
UTUADO. THE FLOOD CREST IS EXPECTED TO REACH RIO ABAJO BY
BY 6 PM AST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.

&&

LAT...LON 1830 6666 1825 6671 1825 6674 1830 6671
      1832 6668

$$

SNELL

1 follow-up statement

899 
WGCA72 TJSJ 072257
FFSSJU

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
657 PM AST FRI OCT 7 2016

PRC141-072307-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-161008T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
UTUADO PR-
657 PM AST FRI OCT 7 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR UTUADO MUNICIPALITY IS CANCELLED...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 1830 6666 1825 6671 1825 6674 1830 6671
      1832 6668

$$

SNELL

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
Oct 7, 1:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr
Oct 7, 3:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr
Oct 7, 4:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2016 Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.