Thunderstorm Wind, North Central
- When
- June 24, 2:30 PM AST to 4:30 PM AST
- Where
- North Central County, Manati
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Damaging Winds in Puerto Rico, June 24, 2002
Strong thunderstorms occurred in the vicinity of Manati, San Sebastian and Moca. These storms produced small hail and strong gusty winds that knocked down tree branches and electric wires.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
Strong thunderstorms occurred in the vicinity of Manati, San Sebastian and Moca. These storms produced small hail and strong gusty winds that knocked down tree branches and electric wires.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Juan, PR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 24, 11:00 AM AST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 11:00 AM AST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1100 AM AST MON JUN 24 2002 FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON LOOKS GOOD. A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE PASSING ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS INDICATING GREATER INSTABILITY TODAY FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS. EXPECTED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE WEST AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. EQUIPMENT: NO PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME. .SJU... .PR....NONE. .VI....NONE. WRITTEN TEXT FORECASTS (IN ENGLISH OR SPANISH)...SATELLITE IMAGERY ...DOPPLER RADAR DATA...AND A VIRTUAL LIBRARY OF WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT THE NWS SAN JUAN WEB SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU (ALL LOWER CASE).
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mayaguez and Vicinity
- When
- June 24, 2:30 PM AST to 4:30 PM AST
- Where
- Mayaguez and Vicinity County, Moca
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Thunderstorm Wind, Western Interior
- When
- June 24, 2:30 PM AST to 4:30 PM AST
- Where
- Western Interior County, San Sebastian
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Pennsylvania, June 24 to 27, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 24 to 25, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, June 24, 2002
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, June 24, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 24, 2002
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 24, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 24, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 24, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 24, 2002
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, June 24, 2002
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, June 2002
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5300968, 5300969, 5300970.