Funnel Cloud, Northwest
- When
- June 6, 4:05 PM AST to 4:20 PM AST
- Where
- Northwest County, Aguadilla
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
A funnel cloud, associated with a thunderstorm was reported 2 miles northwest of the Aguadilla airport tower.
Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, June 6, 2004
1 funnel cloud, 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 6, 2:13 PM AST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:13 PM AST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 210 PM AST SUN JUN 6 2004 .DISCUSSION... AREA OF INCREASED MOISTURE UPSTREAM MOVED INTO LOCAL ISLANDS THIS MORNING...HELPING TO PRODUCE AN INCREASED AMOUNT OF FAST MOVING SHOWER ACTIVITY. SEA BREEZE CONVERGENCE AND LOCAL EFFECTS COMBINED WITH THIS INCREASED MOISTURE TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN FAVORED PORTIONS OF PR. PREVAILING WINDS BASICALLY E THIS MORNING AT 20 KTS THROUGH LOWER LEVELS. DUE TO THE STRONGER WIND SPEEDS THE CONVECTION WAS SHIFTED SLIGHTLY MORE WESTWARD AND CLOSER TO THE COAST. SHOWERS MOVED RAPIDLY WESTWARD AFTER THEIR DEVELOPMENT WHICH HELPED TO KEEP OVERALL RAINFALL TOTALS TO LESS THAN 2 INCHES. VAD WIND SHOWING SHIFT TO SLIGHTLY MORE SE THIS AFTERNOON AND MODELS SUGGEST THIS TREND OF E-SE WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. LOOKS LIKE OVER NEXT FEW DAYS WE WILL SEE TYPICAL WEATHER FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH LOCALIZED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DUE TO LOCAL EFFECTS...MODERATE AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS ALOFT AND WINDS GENERALLY AROUND 15 KTS AND GUSTIER IN THE AFTERNOONS DUE TO THE SEA BREEZE. SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BE FOCUSED MORE N-NW FOR MONDAY DUE TO SE COMPONENT OF WIND. OVERALL AGREE WITH PREVIOUS FORECAST TREND. AS OF NOW...LOOKS LIKE NEXT WELL DEFINED TROP WAVE TO ACTUALLY AFFECT OUR LOCAL AREA THIS WEEKEND. ALSO WELL DEFINED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH FORECAST TO BE OVER DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JUST WEST OF AREA OVER NEXT WEEKEND TO PROVIDE GOOD DIVERGENCE ALOFT. WE WILL SEE HOW THIS ALL PANS OUT AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SJU 76 90 77 89 / 40 50 40 50 STT 77 89 78 88 / 40 50 50 50 && .SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PR...NONE. VI...NONE. && RGZ
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 6:00 AM AST, 10 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 600 AM AST SUN JUN 6 2004 PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-041000- 600 AM AST SUN JUN 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO. .TODAY...UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACE AND MID LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE...THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER PUERTO RICO WILL REMAIN FAIRLY QUIET NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER OF CONSEQUENCE IS EXPECTED. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL INTERIOR SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. OVER FAVORED THESE INLAND AREAS...SOME MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...BUT THE FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH CRITICAL LIMITS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION OVER THE CARIBBEAN OFFSHORE WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...WINDS AND SEAS HAVE COME DOWN A BIT SINCE YESTERDAY BUT MAY REBOUND BY MONDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...LITTLE CHANGE IS FORECAST TO THE WEATHER PATTERN MONDAY...BUT MODEL RUNS HINT AT A BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN AREA WIDE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THIS COMING WEEK. HOWEVER...NO WIDESPREAD FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE FORESEEN AT THIS TIME. VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-041000- 600 AM AST SUN JUN 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .TODAY...UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACE AND MID LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE...THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY QUIET NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER OF CONSEQUENCE IS EXPECTED. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BLOW IN FROM THE ATLANTIC ON AN EASTERLY WIND FROM TIME TO TIME TODAY. BUT NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL...RESULTING IN FLOODING...IS EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION OVER THE CARIBBEAN OFFSHORE WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...WINDS AND SEAS HAVE COME DOWN A BIT SINCE YESTERDAY BUT MAY REBOUND BY MONDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...LITTLE CHANGE IS FORECAST TO THE WEATHER PATTERN MONDAY...BUT MODEL RUNS HINT AT A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN OVER THE REGION TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THIS COMING WEEK. HOWEVER...NO WIDESPREAD FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE FORESEEN AT THIS TIME. 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
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:54 PM AST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
354 PM AST SUN JUN 06 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM FLOOD VEGA ALTA 18.42N 66.32W
06/06/2004 VEGA ALTA PR EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER COVERING INTERSECTION OF ROAD 690 AND HIGHWAY 2.
WATER ENTERED A HOME IN URBANIZACION BARRIO MAGUAYO
DORADO.
&&
MITCHELLEvent by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 6 to 7, 2004
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 6, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 6, 2004
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, June 6, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 6, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 6, 2004
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 6, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 6, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 6, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 6, 2004
- Strong Wind in California, June 6 to 8, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 6, 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: 5407348.