Puerto Rico, 2007

Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, July 22, 2007

July 22, 2007 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A tropical wave that extended across the northeast Caribbean produced showers and thunderstorms over the east half of Puerto Rico and localized flooding across the northeast and north.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 happened

The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.

A tropical wave that extended across the northeast Caribbean produced showers and thunderstorms over the east half of Puerto Rico and localized flooding across the northeast and north.

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 22, 11:00 AM AST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 11:00 AM AST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 6:00 AM AST, 9 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
600 AM AST SUN JUL 22 2007

PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-231000-
600 AM AST SUN JUL 22 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO.

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...A TROPICAL WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG LOW LEVEL
WINDS. SQUALLS...AND HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE THUS
EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THIS WAVE...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
ADVERSE MARINE AND COASTAL MARINE CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THE NEXT TROPICAL WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY.

VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-231000-
600 AM AST SUN JUL 22 2007

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

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...A TROPICAL WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG LOW LEVEL
WINDS. SQUALLS...AND HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE THUS
EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THIS WAVE...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
ADVERSE MARINE AND COASTAL MARINE CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THE NEXT TROPICAL WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY.

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

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, San Juan and Vicinity

When
July 22, 3:30 PM AST to 5:30 PM AST
Where
San Juan and Vicinity County, Carolina
Reported by
NWS Employee
Coordinates
18.370, -65.950

Urban flooding was reported at the Pontezuela Avenue intersection with Road 190 in Carolina. Some vehicles were disabled others unable to cross through.

What these are

Heavy Rain
Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, July 2007

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: 51177.