Name: Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, July 19, 2006
Start: 2006-07-19T13:54
End: 2006-07-19T15:54
Location: Puerto Rico

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1,000
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 Jul 19, 5:30 AM AST, 8 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 5:30 AM AST, 8 hours 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 6:00 AM AST, 7 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
600 AM AST WED JUL 19 2006

PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-201000-
600 AM AST WED JUL 19 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO.

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WEST NORTHWEST OF THE
LOCAL ISLANDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
LOCAL AREA. THIS FEATURE... COMBINED WITH AMPLE MOISTURE LEFT IN THE
WAKE OF A TROPICAL WAVE WHICH PASSED THE LOCAL AREA YESTERDAY TO
ENHANCE SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY. FOR THIS AFTERNOON...MOISTURE WILL
CONTINUE TO LINGER ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA..AND HELP FOR DIURNAL
SHOWERS TO FORM....ESPECIALLY ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHWEST PUERTO RICO. AREAS OF URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL
BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...DRIER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL STARTING ON
THURSDAY...WITH NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT REQUIRED.

VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-201000-
600 AM AST WED JUL 19 2006

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

.TODAY AND TONIGHT....MOISTURE FROM A TROPICAL WAVE WHICH PASSED THE
AREA YESTERDAY WILL CONTINUE TO LINGER DURING THE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY... AND ENHANCE SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS PARTS OF
THE LOCAL ISLANDS. MOISTURE WILL START TO DECREASE DURING THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS...AND SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...DRIER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL STARTING ON
THURSDAY...WITH NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT 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.

FROM YOUR PDA/PHONE: HTTP://MOBILE.SRH.NOAA.GOV OR
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/WML

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:40 PM AST, 14 minutes before

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Event by event

1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, North Central

When: July 19, 1:54 PM AST to 3:54 PM AST
Where: North Central County, Barceloneta
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Urban and street flooding was reported at Parcelas Loarte, Estancias de Florida and Barrio Catanito.

Thunderstorm Wind, North Central

When: July 19, 2:40 PM AST
Where: North Central County, Barceloneta
Measured: 40 kt (46 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

A sign blew over at Walmart Store on Highway 2 and fell on top of a car. Pea size hail was reported in Manati municipality.

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Puerto Rico, July 2006

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: 5523175, 5523176.