Flash Flood, Western Interior
- When
- June 1, 3:13 PM AST to 5:13 PM AST
- Where
- Western Interior County, Utuado
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Isolated thunderstorms produced flooding over a brigde along River Vivi, in sector Las Cuevas.
Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, June 1, 2004
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 Jun 1, 5:30 AM AST, 9 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 5:30 AM AST, 9 hours 43 minutes before
PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 530 AM AST TUE JUN 1 2004 .DISCUSSION...MID LEVEL RIDGE SHOULD REMAIN LOCATED EAST TO WEST... TO OUR NORTH FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND WILL TRY TO MAINTAIN A GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. HOWEVER... ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL GIVE WAY TO A DEVELOPING TUTT AXIS TODAY AND TONIGHT...WHICH CONTINUES TO BE FORECAST TO ALIGN NEARLY WEST TO EAST FROM THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS AND HISPANIOLA EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS AND THE REST OF THE NORTHEAST CARIBBEAN AND THEN CONTINUING EAST AND THEN EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARBY THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY...AND AS MENTIONED YESTERDAY...DEPENDING ON ITS EXACT LOCATION...MAY OR MAY NOT AID IN DIURNAL/NOCTURNAL CONVECTION. THIS WILL STILL NEED TO BE MONITORED WITH DAILY FORECASTS. AT LOW LEVELS...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXTEND FROM THE EAST CENTRAL ATLANTIC SOUTHWEST INTO THE BAHAMAS THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY...AND WILL RESULT IN A FRESHENING OF THE LOCAL TRADE WINDS. PRETTY DRY AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS TODAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. STILL LOOKS LIKE AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE WILL OCCUR LATER WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND IS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOWER LEVEL REFLECTIONS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED DEVELOPING TUTT. MOISTURE THEN APPEARS TO LINGER NEARBY THE LOCAL ISLANDS FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. && .MARINE...EXPECT A MAINLY MODERATE WIND FLOW ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS TODAY...THEN MODERATE TO FRESH TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AND PROBABLY BEYOND. SEAS 6 FEET OR LESS THROUGH THURSDAY. HAVE A PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR ALL OF THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS FOR TODAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SJU 87 76 87 74 / 20 30 10 50 STT 86 76 86 75 / 20 20 10 50 && .SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PR...NONE. VI...NONE. && SEELEY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 6:00 AM AST, 9 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 600 AM AST TUE JUN 1 2004 PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-021000- 600 AM AST TUE JUN 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO. .TODAY...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY...BUT MAINLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN INTERIOR AND WEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. EARLY MORNING SHOWERS WILL OCCUR OVER THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST COASTS OF THE ISLAND. ALTHOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED...A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE ENOUGH RAINFALL TO RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. ACROSS THE LOCAL COASTAL WATERS...WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE...BEGINNING TONIGHT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE NEXT TROPICAL WAVE WILL APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND MOVE MAINLY SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS ON SATURDAY...WITH SOME INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND SHOWER ACTIVITY. VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-021000- 600 AM AST TUE JUN 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .TODAY...ISOLATED PASSING SHOWERS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. ACROSS THE LOCAL COASTAL WATERS...WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE...BEGINNING TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE NEXT TROPICAL WAVE WILL APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND MOVE MAINLY SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS ON SATURDAY...WITH SOME INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND SHOWER ACTIVITY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. 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.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, June 1, 2004
- Flooding in Wisconsin, June 1 to 30, 2004
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 1, 2004
- Flooding in Kentucky, June 1 to 3, 2004
- Rip Current in Florida, June 1, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 1, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 1, 2004
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 1, 2004
- Flooding in Kentucky, June 1 to 9, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 1, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, June 1 to 2, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 1, 2004
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, June 2004
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: 5407347.