Flash Flood Warning
NWS San Juan PR ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued November 4 At 1:43PM AST Until November 4 At 4:45PM AST By NWS San Juan PR
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWSJU The National Weather Service in San Juan has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Caguas in Puerto Rico... * Until 445 PM AST. * At 143 PM AST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law enforcement and request they pass this information to the National Weather Service when you can do so safely.
Affected areas
- Caguas Municipio, PR
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS San Juan PR
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~51s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M6KTHXV7RN9ZW4AQRQ3W4EQK
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4b22bb603adc08d37ebc01a6d3f16b1cfbe07b5a.001.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS San Juan PR
- AWIPS ID
- CAPSJU
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.8342
- WMO heading
- XOCA52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- Caribbean and Central America (CA)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWSJU |
| WMOidentifier | WGCA52 TJSJ 041743 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.W.0036.261104T1743Z-261104T2045Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-04T16:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Caguas Municipio, PR
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 072025 |
| UGC | PRC025 |
- Polygons
- 18.31,-66.02 18.3,-66.03 18.29,-66.03 18.28,-66.01 18.23,-66.01 18.22,-66.0 18.19,-66.0 18.18,-66.02 18.14,-66.02 18.14,-66.03 18.12,-66.04 18.11,-66.05 18.14,-66.07 18.15,-66.07 18.17,-66.1 18.21,-66.12 18.24,-66.08 18.3,-66.07 18.3,-66.05 18.31,-66.04 18.31,-66.02