Puerto Rico, 2005

Flood in Puerto Rico, July 19 to 20, 2005

July 19 to 20, 2005 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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 Jul 19, 10:32 PM AST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 10:32 PM AST, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 6:30 AM AST, 16 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
630 AM AST TUE JUL 19 2005

PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-201000-
630 AM AST TUE JUL 19 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE WILL COMBINE WITH LOCAL EFFECTS AND WILL LEAD
TO SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
MAINLY THE CENTRAL AND WEST INTERIOR OF THE ISLAND. ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY BECOME STRONG WITH HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS. THE HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS...POOR VISIBILITY...AND AT LEAST SOME URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING AS WELL AS MUD SLIDES ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAINS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THE INTERACTION WITH DIURNAL HEATING...AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND LOCAL
TERRAIN MAY RESULT IN POSSIBLE URBAN FLOODING DURING THE AFTERNOON
ACROSS CLIMATOLOGICAL FAVORED AREAS.

WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE ON TUESDAY WHICH MAY REQUIRE A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY BE ISSUED.

VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-201000-
630 AM AST TUE JUL 19 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS INCREASING THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOCAL
ISLANDS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THE INTERACTION WITH DIURNAL HEATING...AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND LOCAL
EFFECTS MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS. AN ISOLATED
COASTAL THUNDERSTORM OR TWO ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE ON TUESDAY WHICH MAY REQUIRE A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY BE ISSUED.

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.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Mayaguez and Vicinity

When
July 19, 10:41 PM AST to July 20, 12:00 AM AST
Where
Mayaguez and Vicinity forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

Roads 114, 309 and 319 were closed to traffic due to flooding in the municipality of Hormigueros.

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

More

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, July 2005

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5464662.