An upper level trough located across the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles produced unstable atmospheric conditions at the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere which led to heavy rainfall across the western interior sections of Puerto Rico.
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The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
An upper level trough located across the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles produced unstable atmospheric conditions at the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere which led to heavy rainfall across the western interior sections of Puerto Rico.
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 Sep 18, 4:37 PM AST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 437 PM AST TUE SEP 18 2007 .DISCUSSION...THE REMNANTS OF INGRID...AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...WITH A 1010 MB CENTER NEAR 18.8 NORTH...62.7 WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WILL SHIFT SLOWLY NORTH AND WEAKEN THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK TO MAINTAIN A VERY WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT AND LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE LOCAL REGION. A WEAK TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE LOW SOUTHWEST INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT NORTH NORTHWEST ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS FEATURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED MOISTURE IN COMBINATION WITH LOCAL EFFECTS AND CONTINUED FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL CONDITIONS...SHOULD LEAD TO ACTIVE WEATHER DEVELOPING BEHIND THE TROUGH AND ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOMEWHAT DRIER WEATHER APPEARS ON TAP FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BUT STILL SHOULD BE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO RESULT IN DIURNALLY INDUCED ACTIVITY. && .MARINE...FAIRLY TRANQUIL MARINE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. EXPECT WINDS OF LESS THAN 15 KNOTS AND SEAS OF 4 FEET OR LESS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SJU 79 89 79 90 / 40 50 50 20 STT 80 89 80 90 / 50 50 50 50 && .SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PR...NONE. VI...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 507 AM AST TUE SEP 18 2007 PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-191000- 507 AM AST TUE SEP 18 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO. .TODAY AND TONIGHT... DIURNAL AND LOCAL SEABREEZE EFFECTS WILL PRODUCE AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN AND ADJACENT INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND TODAY. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD LEAD TO URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. RESIDENTS...TOURISTS...AND MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN YOUR VICINITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION INGRID WILL PASS CLOSE TO THE ISLAND BY WEDNESDAY INCREASING THE CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION TO THE ISLAND. MEANWHILE...AFTERNOON DIURNAL SEABREEZE SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY AFFECT THE INTERIOR AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. AS A RESULT...LOCALIZED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY. VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-191000- 507 AM AST TUE SEP 18 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .TODAY AND TONIGHT... THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION INGRID ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE ISLANDS BY THE EVENING HOURS. AS THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION APPROACHES...THUNDERSTORM FLARE-UPS ARE POSSIBLE... CAUSING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE ISLANDS. RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS ARE CAUTIONED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS IF HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... PASSING EARLY MORNING SHOWERS...IN COMBINATION WITH AN ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM...MAY AFFECT THE ISLANDS...HOWEVER NO SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL EVENTS ARE 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency Management report several roads flooded in the center of the city.
Emergency Management reported several homes flooded in the center of the town.
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, September 2007
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: 60328, 60330.