Flood, North Central
- When
- May 10, 1:40 PM AST
- Where
- North Central forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
River Rio Grande de Manati was reported flooding the Cachete sector in the municipality of Manati.
Flood in Puerto Rico, May 10, 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 May 10, 4:50 AM AST, 8 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 4:50 AM AST, 8 hours 50 minutes before
PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 450 AM AST MON MAY 10 2004 .DISCUSSION... REMNANTS OF A BOUNDARY PERSIST ACROSS THE LOCAL CARIB WATERS ENE ACROSS THE NORTHERN LEEWARDS AND THEN INTO THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC THIS MORNING WITH INCREASED CONVERGENCE ALONG THIS FEATURE CURRENTLY PRODUCING NUMEROUS SHOWERS ACROSS THE WATERS OF THE NORTHEAST CARIBBEAN...AND SHOULD AFFECT THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND POSSIBLY SOUTHEAST PUERTO RICO THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. SHOWERS ACROSS P.R. THUS FAR OVERNIGHT HAVE OCCURRED ALONG THE NORTHERN SLOPES AND DOWNWIND OF EL YUNQUE AND DO NOT SEE MUCH CHANGE TO THIS PATTERN THROUGHOUT THE DAY...EXCEPT FOR A FEW GOOD CELLS LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS W AND SW PART OF THE ISLAND. MODELS INDICATING DECREASING TREND IN MOISTURE NEXT 48 HOURS...BUT VERY SLOWLY THROUGH 00Z TONIGHT SO IMPROVING TREND NOT EXPECTED UNTIL TONIGHT. JET DYNAMICS WILL RETURN TO THE REGION THU AND FRI FOR CHANCE OF DEEP TSTORMS. && .MARINE... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE W ATLC TO THE WEST OF CENTRAL ATLC LOW AND LOCAL FRONTAL TROUGH WILL SHIFT EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL ATLANTIC NEXT 48 HOURS TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND FRESH TRADE WIND FLOW...AND LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS OFF SHORE ATLC. SCA NOW IN EFFECT OFF SHORE ATLC AND PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE REMAINED IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT. OBSERVATIONS WOULD COME IN HANDY HERE. FOR A CHANGE GFS SURFACE WINDS MAY BE SLIGHTLY UNDERFORECAST. && .HYDROLOGY... LOCAL SOILS ALONG NE AND N COASTAL MUNICIPIOS REMAIN SATURATED WITH MOST RIVER LEVELS HIGH OR NEAR BANKFULL. FOR THIS REASON WE HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NE...SAN JUAN...AND N CENTRAL ZONES DUE TO POTENTIAL QUICK RESPONSE OF RIVER AND STREAM SYSTEMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SJU 82 73 84 73 / 50 40 20 40 STT 84 73 83 73 / 70 40 40 40 && .SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PR...SCA AMZ710. FFA PRZ001-002-005. VI...SCA AMZ710. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 6:10 AM AST, 7 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 610 AM AST MON MAY 10 2004 PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-111000- 610 AM AST MON MAY 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO. .TODAY...MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF A COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOCAL EFFECTS TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS WILL INITIALLY AFFECT THE NORTHERN SLOPES FROM THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL...AND THEN WILL BECOME MORE GENERALIZED THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE NORTHEAST THIS MORNING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. HEAVIER RAINS THIS AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT TO THE INTERIOR AND WEST PART OF PUERTO RICO. RIVERS ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES THROUGH THIS EVENING. MARINE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED DUE TO STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TYPICAL WET CONDITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE EVEN MORE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS UPPER LEVEL CONDITIONS BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A MODERATE TO FRESH WIND FLOW AND CHOPPY SEAS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS UNTIL WEDNESDAY. VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-111000- 610 AM AST MON MAY 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .TODAY...SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE TERRITORY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. ASSOCIATED RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN SOME URBAN AND GUT FLOODING. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL MAINTAIN UNSETTLED MARINE CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS DURING THE REST OF TIS WEEK. SHOWERS SHOULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS A MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. A MODERATE TO FRESH WIND FLOW AND CHOPPY SEAS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS UNTIL WEDNESDAY. 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. RM
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 10, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 10, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 10, 2004
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, May 10, 2004
- High Wind in Idaho, May 10, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 10, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, May 10, 2004
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Utah, May 10, 2004
- Flooding in Iowa, May 10 to 12, 2004
- Lightning Strikes in Tennessee, May 10, 2004
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Kansas, May 10 to 11, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 10, 2004
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, May 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: 5398789.