Thunderstorm Wind, Mayaguez and Vicinity
- When
- June 8, 1:00 PM AST to 2:00 PM AST
- Where
- Mayaguez and Vicinity County, Moca
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Damaging Winds in Puerto Rico, June 8, 2002
Strong thunderstorms occurred in the vicinity of Moca and Aguadilla. These storms produced small hail and strong gusty winds that knocked down tree branches over power lines, palm fronds and street signs.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 Moca and Aguadilla. These storms produced small hail and strong gusty winds that knocked down tree branches over power lines, palm fronds and street signs.
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 8, 11:00 AM AST, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 11:00 AM AST, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1100 AM AST SAT JUN 8 2002 FORECAST LOOKS GOOD FOR THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE WAS PASSING SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS THIS MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE AN INCREASE OF CLOUDINESS AND SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE ISLANDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASED WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS AS THE MORNING SOUNDING INDICATED WINDS GREATER THAN 20 KNOTS IN THE LOW LEVELS. EQUIPMENT: NO PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME. .SJU... .PR...NONE. .VI...NONE. 15 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
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Northwest
- When
- June 8, 1:00 PM AST to 2:00 PM AST
- Where
- Northwest County, Aguadilla
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
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
- Winter Storm in Montana, June 8 to 10, 2002
- Tornado in Florida, June 8, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, June 8, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 8, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 8, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 8, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, June 8, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 8, 2002
- Flood in Florida, June 8, 2002
- Hail in North Dakota, June 8, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Montana, June 8 to 10, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 8, 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: 5300966, 5300967.