Name: Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, June 6, 2004
Start: 2004-06-06T12:00
End: 2004-06-06T16:00
Location: Puerto Rico

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 happened

The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.

Scattered to numerous showers developed along the north central sections from Droado west to Vega Baja, drenching parts of this area with 3 to 5 inches of rainfall. Flooding of low lying areas, roads and stream was reported in Dorado and Vega Alta. Roads 2 and 690 at Barrio Bajuras, and road 694 at sector Monterey of Vega Alta were reported impassable. In Dorado, Barrios Maguayo, Santa Rosa and Espinosa were affected by flooding.

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, 11:00 AM AST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 11:00 AM AST, 1 hour before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 6:00 AM AST, 6 hours 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

Event by event

2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, North Central

When: June 6, 12:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
Where: North Central County, Vega Alta
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Heavy Rain, North Central

When: June 6, 12:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
Where: North Central County, Dorado
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5407345, 5407346.