1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 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 May 10, 5:14 PM AST, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 514 PM AST WED MAY 10 2006 .DISCUSSION...FAIRLY ACTIVE AFTERNOON LOCALLY...AS DIURNALLY INDUCED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED AND HAVE BEEN AUGMENTED BY APPROACHING SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED JET MAX. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ADVISORIES AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF PUERTO RICO AT THIS TIME. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO LINGER FOR AWHILE EARLY THIS EVENING AS IT MOVES OFF THE NORTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO AND ACROSS THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THEREAFTER...STILL EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF CLEAR/SUNNY SKIES EACH DAY...THE WEATHER DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS... AS LOCAL EFFECTS AND AVAILABLE MOISTURE COMBINE WITH FAVORABLE MID TO UPPER LEVEL CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE SOME CLOUDINESS...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS. && .MARINE...OUTSIDE OF ANY AREAS OF CONVECTION...FAIRLY TRANQUIL CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY AND PROBABLY BEYOND. GENERALLY EXPECT WINDS OF 15 KNOTS OR LESS AND SEAS OF 4 FEET ORE LESS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SJU 76 87 76 87 / 40 50 50 20 STT 77 87 77 87 / 50 50 40 20 && .SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PR...NONE. VI...NONE. && BCS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 630 AM AST WED MAY 10 2006 PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-111000- 630 AM AST WED MAY 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO. .TODAY AND TONIGHT...SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY DEVELOP MAINLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND WEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO TODAY. THE SHOWERS MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...AND MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATERS ON ROADWAYS AND SOME FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AREAS. THIS MAY REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE OF URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY INDUCED BY DIURNAL HEATING AND OROGRAPHY MAY INDUCE URBAN FLOODING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-111000- 630 AM AST TUE MAY 9 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .TODAY AND TONIGHT...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...NO WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 312 PM AST WED MAY 10 2006 PRZ006-009-102000- CENTRAL INTERIOR- WESTERN INTERIOR- 312 PM AST WED MAY 10 2006 AT 3:10 PM...NWS DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LARES EAST NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS UTUADO AND INTO CIALES. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY TOWARDS THE NORTH NORTHEAST AND COULD INTENSIFY FURTHER THROUGH 4 PM. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY PEA SIZED HAIL.
COMUNICADO ESPECIAL SOBRE LAS CONDICIONES DEL TIEMPO SERVICIO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA SAN JUAN PR 312 PM AST MIERCOLES 10 DE MAYO DE 2006 PRZ006-009-102000- INTERIOR CENTRAL- OESTE INTERIOR- 312 PM AST MIERCOLES 10 DE MAYO DE 2006 A LAS 3:10 PM AST...EL RADAR DOPPLER MOSTRABA UNA LINEA DE FUERTES TRONADAS EXTENDIENDOSE DESDE LARES AL ESTE NORESTE A TRAVES DE UTUADO Y HACIA CIALES. ESTAS TRONADAS FUERTES SE MOVERAN MUY LENTAMENTE HACIA EL NORTE NORESTE Y PUDIERA INTENSIFICARSE HASTA LAS 4 PM. PUEDE ESPERAR RAYOS DE NUBE A TIERRA...VIENTOS EN RAFAGAS DE 30 MPH O MAS...LLUVIA TORRENCIAL Y POSIBILIDAD DE GRANIZO.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
AT 903 pm the U.S.G.S. lower Culebrinas river level sensor indicated that the water levels were above flood stage and still increasing. News media reported following morning that road 115 along Barrio Espinal and Tablonal of Aguada was flooded during the night.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5511261.