Flood and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 1, 2003

Name: Flood and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 1, 2003
Start: 2003-11-01T14:00
End: 2003-11-01T21:25
Location: Puerto Rico

November 1, 2003 · NWS SJU · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

2 heavy rain, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 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 Nov 1, 10:00 AM AST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 10:00 AM AST, 4 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 1, 6:12 AM AST, 7 hours 48 minutes before

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Event by event

2 heavy rain, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, San Juan and Vicinity

When: November 1, 2:00 PM AST to 6:00 PM AST
Where: San Juan and Vicinity forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Urban flooding was reported at Reparto Metropolitano in Puerto Nuevo, at Ocean Park and Villa Palmeras.

Heavy Rain, Northwest

When: November 1, 4:22 PM AST to 8:22 PM AST
Where: Northwest County, Hatillo
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Street flooding was reported at Parcelas Candelaria in Hatillo.

Heavy Rain, Northwest

When: November 1, 5:25 PM AST to 9:25 PM AST
Where: Northwest County, Quebradillas
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Road 113 at Barrio San Antonio in Quebradillas was reported flooded.

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Puerto Rico, November 2003

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5336469, 5336470, 5336471.