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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS JSJ

November 14, 2016

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Nov 14, 2016, 6:16 PM CST. It was in force for 119 min. 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, 6:16 PM CST (00:16 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2016, 8:15 PM CST
In force: 119 min
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

The radar

The San Juan radar (TJUA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted.

723 
WGCA52 TJSJ 150016
FFWSJU
PRC059-153-150215-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.W.0034.161115T0016Z-161115T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL YAUCO MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
  GUAYANILLA MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...

* UNTIL 1015 PM AST

* AT 809 PM AST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
  CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM
  RECENT RAINS. THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODED AREAS
  ALONG RIO LOCO AND ROAD 121 AS WELL AS ALONG RIO LUCHETTI AND
  AREAS ALONG RIO GUAYANILLA. THE FLOOD WATERS AND EXCESSIVE RUNOFF
  WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO CAUSE MUD SLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.
  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.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 1812 6679 1802 6680 1801 6684 1801 6687
      1802 6688 1804 6688 1813 6686

$$

RAM/CAM/GL

1 follow-up statement

079 
WGCA72 TJSJ 150218
FFSSJU

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1018 PM AST MON NOV 14 2016

PRC059-153-150225-
/O.EXP.TJSJ.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-161115T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
YAUCO PR-GUAYANILLA PR-
1018 PM AST MON NOV 14 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL YAUCO AND GUAYANILLA
MUNICIPALITIES HAS EXPIRED...

ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED, A FLOOD WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YAUCO UNTIL 415 AM AST.

LAT...LON 1812 6679 1802 6680 1801 6684 1801 6687
      1802 6688 1804 6688 1813 6686

$$

OMS

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, 7:08 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	6 hr
Nov 14, 8:15 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JSJ	6 hr
Nov 14, 9:56 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JSJ	3 hr
Nov 15, 10:25 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	2 hr
Nov 15, 12:05 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr
Nov 15, 1:51 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr
Nov 15, 1:58 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr
Nov 15, 3:11 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	2 hr

Nearby

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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.