1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 9, 8:41 PM AST, 24 minutes earlier.
PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 840 PM AST WED JUN 9 2004 UPDATE... SURGE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL WAVE SOUTHEAST OF THE LOCAL AREA IS MIGRATING NORTHWEST THIS EVENING AND IS LIKELY TO IMPACT THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN COASTAL AREAS OF PUERTO RICO. HAVE RAISED POPS ACCORDINGLY. ADDITIONALLY...HAVE ADJUSTED THE POPS FOR ST. CROIX GIVEN THE PROXIMITY OF THE HEAVY RAIN OFFSHORE. STREAMER EMANATING FROM EL YUNQUE CONTINUES TO FIRE UP. UNTIL EARLY MORNING THURSDAY HAVE KEPT POPS HIGH IN A BAND DOWNWIND OF EL YUNQUE TO COVER BASES. KIMBERLAIN .DISCUSSION...WILL CONTINUE WITH NOT MUCH CHANGES IN THE ACTUAL FORECAST PACKAGE. SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTED A TROPICAL WAVE THIS MORNING MAINLY SOUTH OF THE LOCAL AREA WHERE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AD THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CARIBBEAN WATERS. THIS WAVE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT EXITING THE LOCAL AREA EARLY THURSDAY. PART OF THE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED TO THIS WAVE SHOULD RESULT IN INCREASED CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION THURSDAY. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TO THE LOCAL ISLANDS FRIDAY. THIS SECOND WAVE WILL IN GENERAL MOVE MORE TO THE NORTH WITH HIGHER CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO FRIDAY...SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY SUNDAY WITH A DRIER WEATHER MONDAY. && .CLIMATE...ALTHOUGH JUNE IS CHARACTERIZED BY A MINI DROUGHT IN GENERAL...THIS PARTICULAR JUNE HAVE STARTED AND LOOKS LIKE IT WILL CONTINUE WETTER THAN USUAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SJU 78 89 78 89 / 40 50 40 40 STT 79 89 79 89 / 50 50 40 40 && .SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PR...NONE. VI...NONE. && RIVERA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 612 AM AST WED JUN 9 2004 PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-101000- 612 AM AST WED JUN 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO. .TODAY...A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CARIBBEAN EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL CONTINUE MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AND PASS MAINLY SOUTH OF THE LOCAL AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAVE WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS PUERTO RICO LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING...LOCAL SEA BREEZES AND MOUNTAIN UPSLOPE LIFTING THIS AFTERNOON...TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN INTERIOR AND WEST SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND. ALTHOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED...A FEW LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE ENOUGH RAINFALL TO RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL WAVE WILL LINGER ACROSS PUERTO RICO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ISLAND BOTH DAYS AND MAY RESULT IN AT LEAST SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE LOCAL AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-101000- 612 AM AST WED JUN 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .TODAY...A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CARIBBEAN EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL CONTINUE MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AND PASS MAINLY SOUTH OF THE LOCAL AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAVE WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH LOCAL EFFECTS THIS AFTERNOON TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS. ALTHOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED...A FEW LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE ENOUGH RAINFALL TO RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND GUT FLOODING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL WAVE WILL LINGER ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE LOCAL ISLANDS BOTH DAYS AND MAY RESULT IN AT LEAST SOME URBAN AND GUT FLOODING. A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE LOCAL AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. 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.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
River Yaguez was reported nearly out of its banks near the mouth of the river. Several roads underwater in a few sectors.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, June 2004
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: 5407350.