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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS JSJ

November 14, 2016

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 14, 2016, 3:44 PM CST. 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: Nov 14, 2016, 3:44 PM CST (21:44 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2016, 6:45 PM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

The radar

The San Juan radar (TJUA), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The text

As transmitted.

249 
WGCA52 TJSJ 142144
FFWSJU
PRC075-113-150045-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.W.0032.161114T2144Z-161115T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
544 PM AST MON NOV 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JUANA DIAZ MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
  PONCE MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...

* UNTIL 845 PM AST

* AT 539 PM AST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN AND
  AROUND BARRIO ANON AND WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY RISE ALONG
  RIO INABON OBSTRUCTING PASSAGE TO A BRIDGE AND ROADS IN THAT AREA.
  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA HAS ALREADY CAUSED SEVERAL
  MUD SLIDES NEAR STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF
  ROCK...MUD... VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PONCE...CAPITANEJO...COTO LAUREL AND AGUILITA. 

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.

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

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 1816 6657 1812 6655 1801 6653 1799 6658
      1816 6660

$$

RAM/CAM/GL

1 follow-up statement

442 
WGCA72 TJSJ 150051
FFSSJU

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
851 PM AST MON NOV 14 2016

PRC075-113-150059-
/O.EXP.TJSJ.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-161115T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JUANA DIAZ PR-PONCE PR-
851 PM AST MON NOV 14 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JUANA DIAZ AND PONCE MUNICIPALITIES
HAS EXPIRED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND WATER LEVELS ARE RECEDING. PLEASE
CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROADCLOSURES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT
WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.

LAT...LON 1816 6657 1812 6655 1801 6653 1799 6658
      1816 6660

$$

CAM

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
Nov 14, 12:08 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JSJ	6 hr
Nov 14, 6:15 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JSJ	12 hr
Nov 14, 11:37 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	113 min
Nov 14, 12:38 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	112 min
Nov 14, 1:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr
Nov 14, 2:01 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr
Nov 14, 2:27 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	3 hr
Nov 14, 2:37 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr
Nov 14, 3:19 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	3 hr
Nov 14, 3:50 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr
Nov 14, 4:38 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	52 min
Nov 14, 5:40 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	3 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.