Flood, Northeast
- When
- March 26, 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Northeast forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
River Rio Blanco in Naguabo was reported out of its banks along road 31 from Juncos to Naguabo, exit 22 of the La Fe and Pina sectors.
Flood in Puerto Rico, March 26, 2004
1 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 Mar 26, 4:00 PM AST, 5 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 4:00 PM AST, 5 hours before
PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 400 PM AST FRI MAR 26 2004 .SYNOPSIS...BROAD MID TO UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED ALONG 58W WITH A TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE BAHAMAS MAINTAINING A ZONAL WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE LOCAL REGION. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE IN THE LOW LEVELS CENTERED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC CONTINUES TO INFLUENCE THE LOCAL REGION PRODUCING A MODERATE TO FRESH NORTHEAST WIND FLOW ACROSS THE AREA AND GALE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC. JUST TO THE EAST OF THIS HIGH PRESSURE IS A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE OFFSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS TO JUST NORTH OF THE MONA PASSAGE WHERE IT CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DISSIPATE. && .DISCUSSION...PATCHES OF CLOUDS SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS WITH THE PREDOMINANT NORTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW. REMNANTS OF THE WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTH ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AND FINALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS BY TUESDAY. AS A RESULT THE GENERAL WET WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY...FOLLOWED BY SLIGHTLY DRIER CONDITIONS ON MONDAY. && .MARINE...LARGE NORTH NORTHEAST SWELLS CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS AND THE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. AS A RESULT SMALL CRAFT AND HIGH SURF ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT AS WELL AS A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SJU 73 84 72 84 / 60 40 50 40 STT 73 83 73 83 / 60 40 50 40 && .SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PR...NONE. VI...NONE. && MITCHELL
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 6:00 AM AST, 15 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 600 AM AST FRI MAR 26 2004 PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-271000- 600 AM AST FRI MAR 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO. .TODAY AND TONIGHT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS...OF MODERATE INTENSITY...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF PUERTO RICO...MAINLY DURING THE MORNING AND NIGHT HOURS. DURING THE AFTERNOON...SHOWERS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS OVER INTERIOR AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND... WHERE THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE MODERATE AMOUNTS OF RAIN...BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...HIGH SURF ADVISORY...AND COASTAL FLOOD WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS AND COASTS DUE TO BUILDING NORTH NORTHWEST SWELLS. THESE SWELLS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD 10 TO 12 FEET TONIGHT...AND ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION ALONG EXPOSED COAST LINES. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... MARINE SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TODAY. .SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...A WET AND UNSTABLE WEATHER PATTERN WILL PREVAIL ACROSS MOST OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS FRIDAY...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THAT MEANS..MORE CLOUDINESS AND SHOWER ACTIVITY....WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...AND POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. LARGE AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM THE NORTHEAST WILL AFFECT OUR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE VERY DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS...AND A GOOD CHANCE FOR COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION ALONG THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST COASTS. VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-271000- 600 AM AST FRI MAR 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .TODAY AND TONIGHT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS...OF MODERATE INTENSITY...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...HIGH SURF ADVISORY...AND COASTAL FLOOD WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS AND COASTS DUE TO BUILDING NORTH NORTHWEST SWELLS. THESE SWELLS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD 10 TO 12 FEET TONIGHT...AND ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION ALONG EXPOSED COAST LINES. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... MARINE SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TODAY. .SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...A WET AND UNSTABLE WEATHER PATTERN WILL PREVAIL ACROSS MOST OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THAT MEANS..MORE CLOUDINESS AND SHOWER ACTIVITY....WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...AND POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. LARGE AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM THE NORTHEAST WILL AFFECT OUR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE VERY DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS...AND A GOOD CHANCE FOR COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION ALONG THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST COASTS. 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.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in Wisconsin, March 26 to 31, 2004
- Flash Flood in Missouri, March 26, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, March 26, 2004
- Flash Flood in Iowa, March 26, 2004
- Hail in South Dakota, March 26, 2004
- Hail in Montana, March 26, 2004
- Hail in South Dakota, March 26, 2004
- Flooding in Missouri, March 26, 2004
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, March 26, 2004
- Hail in Texas, March 26 to 27, 2004
- Hail in Montana, March 26, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, March 26, 2004
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, March 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: 5389271.