Puerto Rico, 2004

Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, March 26, 2004

March 26, 2004 · NWS SJU · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 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, 12:24 PM AST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 12:24 PM AST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 6:00 AM AST, 8 hours 50 minutes 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

2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Eastern Interior

When
March 26, 2:50 PM AST
Where
Eastern Interior County, Gurabo
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

Street flooding was reported at Barriada Campamento Calle B.

Heavy Rain, San Juan and Vicinity

When
March 26, 4:30 PM AST
Where
San Juan and Vicinity County, San Juan
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

A house was reported flooded at Barrio Cupey Bajo.

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 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: 5389269, 5389270.