Puerto Rico, 2007

Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, June 16, 2007

June 16, 2007 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Moisture left behind a tropical wave and a prevailing light southeast to south low level wind flow combined to produce scattered to numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms across the north, east, and southeast sections of Puerto Rico. Several urban and small stream flood advisories were issued for northern Puerto Rico including San Juan.

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.

Moisture left behind a tropical wave and a prevailing light southeast to south low level wind flow combined to produce scattered to numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms across the north, east, and southeast sections of Puerto Rico. Several urban and small stream flood advisories were issued for northern Puerto Rico including San Juan.

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, North Central

When
June 16, 12:00 PM AST to 3:30 PM AST
Where
North Central County, Vega Baja
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
18.450, -66.380

Urban flooding was reported in Vega Baja. Local spotter reported 3.64 inches from 12 noon through 1330 LST.

What these are

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

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The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 38787.