Frontal trough that extended from just south of Dominican Republic northeast across the Mona Passage and then continued northeast into the central Atlantic was responsible for the moderate to heavy rains that affected parts of Puerto Rico from mid afternoon Friday March 31 through the early morning of Saturday April 1.
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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.
The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
Frontal trough that extended from just south of Dominican Republic northeast across the Mona Passage and then continued northeast into the central Atlantic was responsible for the moderate to heavy rains that affected parts of Puerto Rico from mid afternoon Friday March 31 through the early morning of Saturday April 1.
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 31, 11:54 PM AST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 630 AM AST FRI MAR 31 2006 PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-011000- 630 AM AST FRI MAR 31 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO. .TODAY AND TONIGHT...AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY OF PUERTO RICO WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE LOCAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD LEAD TO URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. LONG PERIOD NORTHERLY SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOCAL ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND PASSAGES INTO THE CARIBBEAN. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO UNTIL 11 AM THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND PRODUCING PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-011000- 630 AM AST FRI MAR 31 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .TODAY AND TONIGHT...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE LOCAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH TONIGHT. LONG PERIOD NORTHERLY SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOCAL ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND PASSAGES INTO THE CARIBBEAN. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH COASTS OF THE NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS UNTIL 11 AM THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND PRODUCING PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO URBAN AND GUT FLOODING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS MAY BE REQUIRED. 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding forced several families to evacuate their homes in Barrio Borinquen and Camaseyes of Aguadilla. At least 10 families lost all their personal belongings and other 90 suffered partial losses. Roads 459, 467, and 468 reported damage as well as Marina Street and Parterre.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, April 2006
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: 5503539.