Puerto Rico, 2004

Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, June 27, 2004

June 27, 2004 · 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 Jun 27, 4:00 PM AST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 4:00 PM AST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
400 PM AST SUN JUN 27 2004

.DISCUSSION...

THE TROPICAL WAVE IS NOW CENTERED NEAR 64 WEST...JUST TO THE SOUTH
OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND IS MOVING WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 20
KNOTS. ALTHOUGH IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE REGION
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BEHIND THE
WAVE AXIS WILL RESULT IN CHANCES OF CONVECTION OVERNIGHT AND INTO
THE MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY.

FOR SEVERAL DAYS THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT AN INCREASE IN
THE TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE REGION ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE...AND
THIS HAS BEEN OBSERVED TODAY ACROSS ST. CROIX...ST. KITTS AND ST.
MARTIN. ALTHOUGH THE GUIDANCE MAY HAVE BEEN TOO HIGH...BELIEVE WINDS
OVER THE OFF SHORE LOCAL ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS SHOULD BE
AROUND 19 TO 22 KNOTS.

&&

.MARINE...

AS MENTIONED ABOVE...ENHANCED TRADES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LOCAL
SEAS TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS THE LOCAL OFF SHORE CARIBBEAN AND
ATLANTIC WATERS. THEREFORE...STARTED SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...

WITH SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATING CONVECTION TO THE EAST OF WAVE
AXIS AND GFS GUIDANCE INDICATING PRECIP OVER THE REGION
TONIGHT...EXTENDED CHANCES OF CONVECTION THROUGH THE EVENING AND
MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU  78  89  78  89 /  50  50  40  20
STT  79  88  79  88 /  60  40  40  40

&&

.SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PR...SCA FOR AMZ710>740.
VI...SCA FOR AMZ720-730.

&&

DIEHL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 6:00 AM AST, 12 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
600 AM AST SUN JUN 27 2004

PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-251000-
600 AM AST SUN JUN 27 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO.

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...
ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN COASTS
OF PUERTO RICO THIS MORNING. LATER THIS AFTERNOON...SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PREFERENTIALLY FORM OVER THE
WESTERN INTERIOR AND MOVE TOWARD THE WEST COAST LATE IN THE DAY.
ISOLATED FLOODING MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. OTHERWISE...A
TROPICAL WAVE WILL CAUSE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO GRADUALLY BECOME MORE
UNSETTLED AS THE DAY WEARS ON. THE TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS
OUR REGION LATER TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...BRINGING WITH IT AN
INCREASE IN RAIN CHANCES BY THIS EVENING.

STRONGER WINDS AND CHOPPY SEAS HAVE PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR THE CARIBBEAN WATERS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES
MAY BE ISSUED FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS LATER TODAY...AS THE TROPICAL
WAVE NEARS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE
REQUESTED TO SELF ACTIVATE IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THE SAME TROPICAL WAVE WILL INFLUENCE THE WEATHER ACROSS PUERTO RICO
INTO MONDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE PREDICTED ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA AT THAT
TIME...POSSIBLY PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING. BY TUESDAY...RAIN
CHANCES WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY...AS A PERIOD OF DRIER AND HAZIER
WEATHER BEGINS IN THE WAKE OF THE TROPICAL WAVE.

WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD SUBSIDE SOME BY MID WEEK.

IT MAY BECOME NECESSARY TO INITIATE SPOTTER ACTIVATION ON MONDAY
DUE TO THIS INCREASED RISK OF LOCALIZED FLOODING.

VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-251000-
600 AM AST SUN JUN 27 2004

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

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...
ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS MAY OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS.  LATER TODAY...INCREASING CLOUDS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE
THE HARBINGERS OF A WELL ORGANIZED TROPICAL WAVE NEARING THE LESSER
ANTILLES THIS MORNING. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY BY THIS EVENING...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR SOME HEAVY RAINS AND LOCAL STREET FLOODING.

STRONGER WINDS AND CHOPPY SEAS HAVE PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR THE CARIBBEAN WATERS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES
MAY BE ISSUED FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS LATER TODAY...AS THE TROPICAL
WAVE NEARS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE
REQUESTED TO SELF ACTIVATE IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...RAIN CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH ON
MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE TROPICAL WAVE. A PERIOD OF DRIER
AND HAZIER WEATHER WILL BEGIN BY TUESDAY AND CONTINUE PAST MID WEEK.

WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD SUBSIDE SOME BY MID WEEK.

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.

KIMBERLAIN

Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, San Juan and Vicinity

When
June 27, 6:15 PM AST to 8:15 PM AST
Where
San Juan and Vicinity County, San Juan
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

Flooding of streets was reported in Santurce, and near the Minillas tunnel along Baldorioty de Castro Avenue.

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 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: 5406568.