Puerto Rico, 2006Debris Flow and Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, July 29, 2006
July 29, 2006 · NWS SJU · 6 events in 3 counties and zones
A band of showers and thunderstorms, the leading edge of a tropical wave, moved over Puerto Rico producing strong wind gusts and heavy rain.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
A band of showers and thunderstorms, the leading edge of a tropical wave, moved over Puerto Rico producing strong wind gusts and heavy rain.
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 28, 11:45 PM AST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 11:45 PM AST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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4 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 debris flow. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, San Juan and Vicinity
- When
- July 29, 12:59 AM AST
- Where
- San Juan and Vicinity County, San Juan
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph) estimated gust
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
A tree fell on top of car injuring one person.
Heavy Rain, San Juan and Vicinity
- When
- July 29, 1:03 AM AST to 3:00 AM AST
- Where
- San Juan and Vicinity County, Carolina
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Urban and street flooding reported at Segovia street in Vistamar.
Heavy Rain, San Juan and Vicinity
- When
- July 29, 2:22 AM AST to 3:00 AM AST
- Where
- San Juan and Vicinity County, San Juan
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Urban flooding was reported at Villa Castin, San Jose Residential Project.
Heavy Rain, Northeast
- When
- July 29, 2:34 AM AST to 4:00 AM AST
- Where
- Northeast County, Canovanas
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Urban flooding was reported at Parcela 184, Barrio San Isidro.
Heavy Rain, Northeast
- When
- July 29, 3:19 AM AST to 5:00 AM AST
- Where
- Northeast County, Naguabo
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
One person was reported trapped by flood waters along road 970 at Barrio Maizales
Debris Flow, Southeast
- When
- July 29, 3:19 AM AST
- Where
- Southeast forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
A landslide was reported along Highway 3 from Yabucoa to Naguabo.
- 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.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
- Debris Flow
- A fast-moving slurry of mud, rock and debris, usually on a slope soaked by heavy rain or stripped by a fire.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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- Heat in Missouri, July 29 to 31, 200637 events
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, July 29, 2006$40,000 · 2 events
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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: 5523241, 5523242, 5523243, 5523244, 5523245, 5523246.