11 flood, 3 debris flow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 13, 2:50 AM AST, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 250 AM AST THU NOV 13 2003 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT THROUGH 8AM THIS MORNING...BUT WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN HALF OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS CENTERED JUST WEST OF THE LOCAL AREA AND AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS LOCATED TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE REGION. 13/00Z SOUNDING INDICATED THAT THE HELICITY HAD INCREASED TO 90 AND PRECIPITABLE WATER IS 2.41 INCHES. MODELS INDICATE THAT THIS TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WILL REMAIN STATIONARY ACROSS OUR FA THROUGH AT LEAST LATE FRIDAY AS IT SLOWLY DISSIPATES OR DRIFT NORTH. THETA-E FIELD SHOWS ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO PERSISTS THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT MID LEVEL RISING MOTION AND UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE FRIDAY TO MAINTAIN A SUSTAINED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND AGGRAVATED FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. FOR MARINE CONDITIONS...SEAS 5 TO 6 FEET ARE FORECASTED OVER THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE WATERS...WHILE LOWER SEAS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. A SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW WILL DOMAIN TODAY ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS. MENTIONED LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS AND WINDS...AND VISIBILITIES LOCALLY 1 NAUTICAL MILE OR LESS IN AND NEAR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .SJU... .PR...FFA PRZALL. FLW FOR MOST OF EASTERN HALF OF PUERTO RICO. .VI...FFA VIZALL. FFW VIZALL. ROCHE EQUIPMENT...NO PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME
PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-AMZ710>750-122200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 600 AM AST THURSDAY NOV 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO. .TODAY AND TONIGHT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INLAND ACROSS PUERTO RICO INCLUDING THE ISLANDS OF VIEQUES AND CULEBRA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE WEST...AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO WILL ALSO SEE AND INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTH NORTHEAST ACROSS THE ISLAND. AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF PUERTO RICO. PREVIOUS RAINFALL HAVE JUST ABOUT SATURATED ALL TERRAIN ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS. LANDSLIDES AND OR ROCK SLIDES ALONG HIGHER ELEVATIONS ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL AS DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO THROUGH 600 PM THIS THURSDAY EVENING....WITH HIGH PROBABILITIES OF THE CONTINUED ISSUANCE OF FLOOD WARNINGS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY. .FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUES TO DRIFT NORTH NORTHEAST ACROSS PUERTO RICO...LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE BY LATE FRIDAY AND THEREAFTER. MEANWHILE...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOCAL AREAS ARE EXPECTED. THERE IS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR URBAN AND FLASH FLOODING ON FRIDAY. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .TODAY AND TONIGHT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS THESE ISLANDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PREVIOUS RAINFALL HAVE COMPLETELY SATURATED SOILS ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ISLANDS. LANDSLIDES OR ROCK SLIDES ALONG HIGHER ELEVATIONS ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL AS DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 600 PM THIS EVENING...AS A RESULT THE POTENTIAL OF GUT AND STREAM FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TODAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY. .FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS A BROAD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUES TO DRIFT NORTH NORTHEAST ACROSS PUERTO RICO...LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE BY FRIDAY AND THEREAFTER. MEANWHILE...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOCAL AREAS ARE EXPECTED. THERE IS A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR URBAN AND GUT FLOODING ON FRIDAY. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AT (ALL LOWERCASE LETTERS): HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU.
11 flood, 3 debris flow. Local standard time, as filed.
River Culebrinas was reported out of its banks near Chaletis Convention Center in the municipality of San Sebastian.
Landslides were reported along road 539 Barrio Saliente; Cienaga Sector Barrio Samas, road 528; Barrio Collores road 140, and sector Santa Rosa, road 144, in the municipality of Jayuya.
Landslides were reported at Barrio Apiadero, road 563, and at Barrio Semil, road 144, in the municipality of Villalba.
A house was reported flooded at Calle del Rio near the acoustic basketball court in the municipality of San German.
River Rio Rosario was reported out of its banks. Families were evacuated.
A house was reported flooded at Barrio Jacaguas in Juana Diaz.
A river was reported out of its banks at Barriada La Vega. Landslides were reported at barrio La Loma, road 156, and at Barrio Barrancas, La Villas sector, in the municipality of Barranquitas.
River Culebrinas was reported out of its banks at Barrio Espinal, road 115, in Aguada
A person was reported trapped or surrounded by flood water near road 100 in Cabo Rojo.
Several houses were reported flooded in the municipality of Sabana Grande.
A house was reported flooded at Parcelas Jauca. Residents were evacuated to shelter.
Landslide was reported along road 328, Juaquina Vega sector at Barrio Rayo in Sabana Grande.
Road 102 was reported flooded at Barrio Sabana Ineas in San German.
Several families were evacuated from Barrio Esperaza, Pueblo and Vistamar due to floods in the municipality of Guanica.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, November 2003
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: 5336441, 5336442, 5336443, 5336444, 5336445, 5335098, 5336446, 5335099, 5335100, 5335101, 5335736, 5335737, 5335738, 5335739.