Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS JSJ

Issued

Nov 1, 2016, 1:46 AM CDT (06:46 UTC)

Expired

Nov 1, 2016, 4:45 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS JSJ

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

The San Juan radar (TJUA), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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705 
WGCA52 TJSJ 010646
FFWSJU
PRC023-067-097-125-010945-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.W.0024.161101T0646Z-161101T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
246 AM AST TUE NOV 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 AM AST
    
* AT 238 AM AST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. MORE THAN TWO INCHES
  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SATURATED SOILS ACROSS THIS AREA. THE USGS
  RAIN GAGES SENSORS ALONG RIO GUANAJIBO OVER THESE MUNICIPALITIES
  ALSO INDICATED THAT THE RIVER LEVEL IS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR
  STEEP TERRAIN. MUD SLIDES CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION
  AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 1812 6698 1810 6699 1808 6698 1805 6698
      1806 6702 1806 6704 1812 6718 1813 6717
      1814 6718 1813 6718 1814 6719 1818 6716

$$

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580 
WGCA72 TJSJ 010909
FFSSJU

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
509 AM AST TUE NOV 1 2016

PRC023-067-097-125-010945-
/O.CON.TJSJ.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-161101T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAN GERMAN PR-CABO ROJO PR-HORMIGUEROS PR-MAYAGUEZ PR-
509 AM AST TUE NOV 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM AST FOR SAN
GERMAN...CABO ROJO...HORMIGUEROS AND MAYAGUEZ MUNICIPALITIES...

AT 500 AM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUE TO INDICATED SOME
SHOWERS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

HOWEVER...THE USGS RAIN GAGES SENSORS ALONG RIO GUANAJIBO OVER THESE
MUNICIPALITIES INDICATED THAT THE RIVER LEVEL IS STILL ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE. FOR THOSE REASONS THIS FLASH FLOOD FLOOD WARNING WILL BE
REPLACED FOR AN AREA FLOOD WARNING DUE TO THE SITUATION AT RIO
GUANAJIBO. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE NEAR GUANAJIBO RIVER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT
QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 1812 6698 1810 6699 1808 6698 1805 6698
      1806 6702 1806 6704 1812 6718 1813 6717
      1814 6718 1813 6718 1814 6719 1818 6716

$$

FIGUEROA

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

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

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.