Puerto Rico, 2005

Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, June 10, 2005

June 10, 2005 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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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 Jun 10, 4:50 PM AST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 4:50 PM AST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
450 PM AST FRI JUN 10 2005

.DISCUSSION...VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN STILL APPEARS ON TAP FOR
TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH
DYNAMICALLY AIDED DIURNALLY/NOCTURNALLY INDUCED WEATHER THEREAFTER
THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM
NEAR 24 NORTH 62 WEST SOUTHWEST ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THEN
CONTINUING SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WATERS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...WILL CONTINUE MOVING WEST NORTHWEST ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF THE LOCAL AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...AN
UPPER LEVEL LOW (TUTT) NEAR 26 NORTH 63 WEST WITH ITS ASSOCIATED
TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING SOUTH SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA...WILL
MOVE SLOWLY WEST SOUTHWEST THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION
OF THESE TWO FEATURES AND ASSOCIATED DEVELOPING UPPER LEVEL
DIVERGENCE TONIGHT AND PART OF SATURDAY...ALONG WITH A VERY MOIST
AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS...AND LOCAL EFFECTS SHOULD MAKE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL NUMEROUS TO SOMETIMES WIDESPREAD SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST THE
FIRST PART OF SATURDAY. THAT SAID...FEEL THAT ACTIVE WEATHER MAY NOT
BE QUITE AS WIDESPREAD TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AS FIRST
EXPECTED...BUT GIVEN SO MANY FAVORABLE PARAMETERS...DID NOT WANT TO
STRAY TOO FAR FROM ORIGINAL GRIDS AND FORECASTS.

BASED ON THE POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH
AND RIVER FLOODING...WE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH EARLIER FOR ALL
OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND ALL OF THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS THROUGH 600 AM SATURDAY.

&&

.MARINE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE
LOCAL WATERS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND SHOULD BE THE
MAIN PROBLEM FOR MARINERS. SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING...ROUGH SEAS...
REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND WATERSPOUTS. ALL MARINERS ARE URGED TO STAY
IN PORT UNTIL ACTIVE WEATHER PASSES OR IF CAUGHT OUT ON THE OPEN
WATER...STAY BELOW DECK AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR AT THE FIRST SIGN OF
THREATENING WEATHER. OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION...GENERALLY EXPECT WINDS
OF 22 KNOTS OR LESS AND SEAS 5 FEET OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU  77  86  77  86 /  80  90  90  70
STT  78  86  78  88 /  80  80  80  70

&&

.SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.PR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH PRZ001>013 UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY.
.VI...FLASH FLOOD WATCH VIZ001-002 UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY.

&&

BCS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 6:00 AM AST, 12 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-111000-
600 AM AST FRI JUN 10 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO.

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS AND ABUNDANT
MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN AN ACTIVE WEATHER TODAY AND AT LEAST THROUGH
SUNDAY. SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS MORNING SHOWS A LOT OF MOISTURE AND
CLOUDINESS OVER THE CARIBBEAN SEA...SOUTHEAST OF PUERTO RICO. THIS
WILL SLOWLY PROGRESS NORTHWARD TODAY TO BRING US A LOT OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE SOME
MINOR LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND ROADS...AS WELL AS
OTHER LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
A DRIER AND MORE STABLE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED FOR THE UPCOMING
WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN DOMAIN. EXPECT NORMAL AFTERNOON
SHOWERS ACTIVITY DUE TO LOCAL EFFECTS AND DIURNAL HEATING. NO SIGN
OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS IS IN THE FORECAST.

VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-111000-
600 AM AST FRI JUN 10 2005

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

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS
WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLAND AND THEIR COASTAL WATERS
FOR THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS MORNING SHOWS A
LOT OF MOISTURE AND CLOUDINESS OVER THE CARIBBEAN SEA...SOUTHEAST OF
THE LOCAL ISLANDS. THIS WILL SLOWLY PROGRESS NORTHWARD TODAY TO
BRING US A LOT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES. SOME OF THESE
SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE SOME MINOR LOCALIZED FLOODING OF GUTS...SMALL
STREAMS AND ROADS...AS WELL AS OTHER LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
EXPECT A DRIER AND STABLE ATMOSPHERE FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK...WHILE
HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS. IF POSSIBLE TO SEE SOME SHOWERS MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON
HOURS...BUT NO SIGN OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS IS
IN THE FORECAST.

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.

The radar

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Mayaguez and Vicinity

When
June 10, 6:55 PM AST to 8:00 PM AST
Where
Mayaguez and Vicinity County, Mayaguez
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
18.200, -67.117

Parts of Highway 2 were reported flooded and impassable in the municipality of Mayaguez.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5455061.