Puerto Rico, 2003

Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, November 24, 2003

November 24, 2003 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 24, 7:27 PM AST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 7:27 PM AST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 24, 6:07 AM AST, 16 hours 8 minutes before
PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-AMZ710>750-242200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
600 AM AST MONDAY NOV 24 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO.

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT A DRIER AND
MORE STABLE AIR MASS WILL SETTLE IN OVER THE LOCAL ISLANDS. NO
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.

.TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. MINOR URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. NORTHERN SWELLS
WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN COAST OF PUERTO RICO...SWIMMERS
AND SURFERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO LARGE BREAKING WAVES
ALONG THE SURF ZONE.

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT A DRIER AND
MORE STABLE AIR MASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE LOCAL ISLANDS AND NO
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. NORTHERN SWELLS
WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN COAST OF ST THOMAS AND
ST JOHN...SWIMMERS AND SURFERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO LARGE
BREAKING WAVES ALONG THE SURF ZONE.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.

.TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. MINOR URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD.

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.

Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Eastern Interior

When
November 24, 10:15 PM AST to 11:59 PM AST
Where
Eastern Interior County, Caguas
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

River San Salvador was reported out of its banks causing a large mud and rock slide near road 765. two families were evacuated.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5336548.