The remnants of an old frontal boundary extending across Puerto Rico and its associated moisture, combined with local effects and favorable upper level conditions, to produce a good deal of cloudiness,showers and few thunderstorms which produced heavy rainfall across the western interior section of Puerto Rico, causing Rio Grande de Arecibo to overflow its banks.
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The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
The remnants of an old frontal boundary extending across Puerto Rico and its associated moisture, combined with local effects and favorable upper level conditions, to produce a good deal of cloudiness,showers and few thunderstorms which produced heavy rainfall across the western interior section of Puerto Rico, causing Rio Grande de Arecibo to overflow its banks.
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 Nov 13, 3:43 PM AST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 343 PM AST TUE NOV 13 2007 .SYNOPSIS...THE REMNANTS OF AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTEND ACROSS NORTHERN PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TONIGHT...BEFORE LIFTING TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST EARLY TOMORROW. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR INCREASED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS AND CARIBBEAN PASSAGES THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. && .DISCUSSION...LATE THIS MORNING...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AFFECTED THE NORTHEAST AND NORTH SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO WHERE THESE SHOWERS PRODUCED RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES. THIS AFTERNOON SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AFFECTED THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. MOST OF THESE SHOWERS WILL DISSIPATE AT AROUND SUNSET. TONIGHT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND MOVE ON SHORE AFFECTING THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF PUERTO RICO. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT FROM THE EAST OVERNIGHT AND EAST SOUTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE THE AFTERNOON ACTIVITY WILL BE CONCENTRATED ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO ON WEDNESDAY. THE BOUNDARY NOW LOCATED NORTH OF PUERTO RICO WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE MID TO UPPER LEVEL CONDITIONS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. && .AVIATION...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS PUERTO RICO AND THE USVI THIS EVENING. WHILE PREDOMINANTLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAILS ACROSS MOST OF THE TAF SITES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...INTERMITTENT PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER EMBEDDED SHOWERS ACROSS TJSJ AND TIST THROUGH ABOUT 23Z-00Z THIS EVENING. EXPECT SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO TO RESULT IN OBSCURED MOUNTAIN PEAKS OVER CENTRAL PR...AS WELL AS BRIEF MVR CONDITIONS ACROSS TJMZ AND TJBQ IN FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .MARINE...NORTHERLY SWELL IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THE NEXT SWELL WILL REACH THE ATLANTIC ON SUNDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SJU 76 85 76 86 / 50 50 20 20 STT 79 84 79 85 / 40 40 30 30 && .SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PR...NONE. VI...NONE. && 72/10/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 601 AM AST TUE NOV 13 2007 PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-141000- 601 AM AST TUE NOV 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO. .TODAY AND TONIGHT...THE REMNANTS OF AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTEND ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF BOTH PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TODAY...BEFORE LIFTING TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST EARLY WEDNESDAY. THIS FEATURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED MOISTURE IN COMBINATION WITH LOCAL EFFECTS AND FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL CONDITIONS...WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS TODAY THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE MOST PREVALENT OVER CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND THE NORTH AND EAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO THIS MORNING AND THEN ACROSS THE INTERIOR...SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND AT LEAST SOME MINOR LOW LYING FLOODING ARE EXPECTED IN FEW LOCATIONS. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS EACH AFTERNOON. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-141000- 601 AM AST TUE NOV 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .TODAY AND TONIGHT...THE REMNANTS OF AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTEND ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF BOTH THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TODAY...BEFORE LIFTING TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST EARLY WEDNESDAY. THIS FEATURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED MOISTURE IN COMBINATION WITH LOCAL EFFECTS AND FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL CONDITIONS...WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS TODAY THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE MOST PREVALENT OVER ST THOMAS...ST JOHN AND THE ADJACENT SMALLER ISLANDS AND ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND AT LEAST SOME MINOR LOW LYING FLOODING ARE EXPECTED IN A FEW LOCATIONS. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS EACH AFTERNOON. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED 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 San Juan radar (TJUA), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:20 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Roads 603 and 123, and parts of Highway 10 were closed due to river Rio Grande de Arecibo overflowing its banks in the municipality of Utuado.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, November 2007
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