Dean became tropical depression four on the morning of August 13th when it was about 2000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. On August 14th the depression increased its strength and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Dean when it was located about 1490 miles east of the Lesser Antilles.
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 episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
Dean became tropical depression four on the morning of August 13th when it was about 2000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. On August 14th the depression increased its strength and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Dean when it was located about 1490 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. The storm continued to intensify and on August 16th at 5 am was upgraded to hurricane status, with maximum winds of 75 mph. Then it was located about 590 miles east of Martinique. At 5 pm on August 16th, a tropical storm watch was issued for Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands, at 11 pm, the tropical storm watch for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands was upgraded to a tropical storm warning. Dean continued to intensify during Friday August 17th,and by 2 am Saturday August 18th, its maximum sustained winds had increased to near 150 mph. It maintained its westward track through Saturday morning, when at 11 am the tropical storm warning for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico was discontinued. Most of local effects associated with the passage of Hurricane Dean south of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico were in association with the extreme outer rain bands along the northern part of the hurricane and the extensive radius of sustained tropical storm force winds. Sustained tropical storm-force winds likely occurred over most of the Saint Croix and Puerto Rico near shore waters. Although no sustained tropical storm force winds were officially observed in any of the sensors at the airports in Saint Croix and Puerto Rico, tropical storm force winds gusts were observed. Very likely the higher elevations of Saint Croix and Puerto Rico experienced sustained tropical storm force winds. The maximum ASOS-measured peak wind gusts included 46 mph at the Saint Croix airport, 41 mph at the Saint Thomas Airport, 44 mph at Ceiba Airport, and 36 mph at the Carolina Airport. Other unofficial wind gust measurements included 59 mph at the NOAA Crews Salt River Bay Station in Saint Croix, 58 mph at Hess Oil Refinery, and 46 mph at the NOAA Crews Station at La Parguera, in Lajas, Puerto Rico. Damage was limited to fallen trees, utility lines downed by wind gusts Friday night. Some coastal access roads around Saint Croix sustained moderate to higher damage due to beach erosion.
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 Aug 17, 6:55 AM AST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 600 AM AST FRI AUG 17 2007 PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-181000- 600 AM AST FRI AUG 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO. .TODAY AND TONIGHT...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO RICO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS OR LESS. RESIDENTS OF PUERTO RICO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS BEGINNING AROUND NOON TODAY AND LASTING THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS EVENT WILL IMPACT MARINE INTERESTS SIGNIFICANTLY AS STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL AREAS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTHWESTERN FRINGES OF HURRICANE DEAN SHOULD BEGIN AFTER NOON TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT OVER VIEQUES...CULEBRA AND THE EASTERN HALF OF PUERTO RICO. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE AS THE CENTER OF DEAN PASSES SOUTH OF PUERTO RICO ON ITS FORECAST TRACK TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE TONIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF FIVE INCHES IN THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...HURRICANE DEAN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOCAL AREA UNTIL AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS...THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE OVER PUERTO RICO LATE SUNDAY. FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRE TODAY. VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-181000- 600 AM AST FRI AUG 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .TODAY AND TONIGHT...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS OR LESS. RESIDENTS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS BEGINNING AROUND NOON TODAY AND LASTING THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS EVENT WILL IMPACT MARINE INTERESTS SIGNIFICANTLY AS STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL AREAS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTHWESTERN FRINGES OF HURRICANE DEAN SHOULD BEGIN AFTER NOON TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT OVER THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE AS THE CENTER OF DEAN PASSES SOUTH OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS ON ITS FORECAST TRACK TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE TONIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER ISOLATED AREAS. FLASH FLOODS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...HURRICANE DEAN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOCAL ISLANDS UNTIL AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS...THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE OVER THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS EARLY SUNDAY. FLASH FLOODS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRE 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
1 tropical storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Tropical storm force wind gusts of 46 mph were recorded at the Henry E. Rohlsen airport in Saint Croix. The NOAA CREWS Station at Salt River Bay Saint Croix recorded a wind gust of 59 mph from the southeast at 6 pm on August 17th. The wind gusts blew down some banana and plantain trees around south shore.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in U.S. Virgin Islands in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, August 2007The 2007 hurricane season
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: 56371.