Lightning, Northwest
- When
- June 8, 3:50 PM AST
- Where
- Northwest County, Aguadilla
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
A house at Barrio Camaseyes was struck by lightning.
Lightning Strike in Puerto Rico, June 8, 2004
1 lightning, 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 8, 2:55 PM AST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:55 PM AST, 55 minutes before
PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 300 PM AST TUE JUN 8 2004 .DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. THESE SHOWERS ARE MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AND ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH SUNSET. TONIGHT...MOISTURE MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AS A TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WATERS AND THE NORTHERN EDGE WILL HELP INCREASE CLOUD AND SHOWERS COVERAGE OVER OUR LOCAL REGION. THIS MOISTURE WILL LINGER THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WEEKEND...BRIEF DRYING POSSIBLE HERE FOR LATER FRIDAY...THEN NEXT TROPICAL WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CARIBBEAN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...PROBABLY BRINGING ADDITIONAL CLOUDINESS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .SYNOPSIS...THE ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE NEARLY EAST TO WEST ALONG 30 DEGREES NORTH...WILL DRIFT SOUTH SOUTHEAST TO NEAR 24 DEGREES NORTH BY FRIDAY. A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES WILL MOVE WEST NORTHWEST AND ENTER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN TONIGHT AND THEN PASS ACROSS OR JUST SOUTH OF THE LOCAL AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE NEXT TROPICAL WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CARIBBEAN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. && .MARINE...GENERALLY EXPECT A MODERATE TO FRESH LOW LEVEL WIND FLOW ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. SEAS MOSTLY 5 FEET OR LESS THROUGH THE PERIOD. HAVE A PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR ALL OF THE LOCAL ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS DUE TO WINDS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SJU 89 77 90 78 / 40 40 50 40 STT 88 78 88 79 / 40 40 50 40 && .SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PR...NONE. VI...NONE. && 10
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 8, 2004
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 8, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in South Dakota, June 8, 2004
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8, 2004
- Flash Flood in Virginia, June 8, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Minnesota, June 8 to 9, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 8, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 8, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 8, 2004
- Tornado in Florida, June 8, 2004
- Flash Flood in Minnesota, June 8, 2004
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, June 8, 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: 5407349.