On August 14, 2008, a strong tropical wave and its associated low pressure moved across the northeast Caribbean, passing westward across the U. S.
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The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
On August 14, 2008, a strong tropical wave and its associated low pressure moved across the northeast Caribbean, passing westward across the U. S. Virgin Islands during the late afternoon and early evening hours, and then across Puerto Rico during the overnight and morning hours of August 15, 2008. Some of the outer rain bands ahead of the wave reached into Puerto Rico but they were sort of scattered. It was not until the late evening and after midnight that the heavy showers and thunderstorms moved into Puerto Rico. Overnight radar estimates indicated 2 to 3 inches in the municipalities of Ceiba, Fajardo, and Naguabo, with estimates of 2 to 4 inches between Cayey and Salinas. USGS gages indicated the highest 24 hour rainfall accumulation of around 4 inches at Rio Portuguez Ponce below the damsite, ending at 145 pm Friday. A few small isolated areas along the extreme southern coast of Puerto Rico were estimated by the Doppler radar to have received 6-7 inches during the overnight hours. About 15 roads were reported flooded and one closed to traffic due to river Rio Loco overflowing its banks in Yauco municipality. Some downed tree limbs were reported. 11 thousand customers were without electric power and 5 thousand without water. Small landslides were reported over the central interior in Utuado. About 13 local flights to nearby islands were canceled. For most of the residents, this tropical wave was extremely beneficial. Puerto Rico, Culebra, Vieques, were very dry, with one of the driest summers recorded on record through the beginning of August. As this system exited Puerto Rico and moved across the Mona Passage on the afternoon of the 15th, this area of disturbed weather became Tropical Storm Fay.
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 14, 11:00 PM AST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1100 PM AST THU AUG 14 2008
.UPDATE...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING STRONG
TROPICAL WAVE HAS INCREASED ACROSS THE ANEGADA PASSAGE AND INTO
THE WATERS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS THIS EVENING...WITH ISOLATED TOPS
IN EXCESS OF -70C. MID LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER THAT GAINED SO
MUCH ATTENTION TODAY HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY...WITH STRONGEST
CNVTN HAVING SHIFTED W TO WSW PAST FEW HOURS...TOWARD ANOTHER
APPARENT LOWER LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER IN THE NORTHERN ANEGADA
PASSAGE. NHC HAS ANALYZED THE LOWEST SURFACE PRESSURES LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AREA...BUT HAVE
FOUND NO CIRCULATION CENTER THERE...AND LATEST DATA STILL DOES NOT
SUGGEST ANYTHING THERE. THIS AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER IS EXPECTED
TO SHIFT WEST TO WEST NORTHWEST DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS AND
BRING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND TSTORMS TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND E
AND NE PR OVERNIGHT AND THE REST OF PR ON FRIDAY. LACK OF QUIKSCAT
DATA THIS EVENING MAKES MARINE FORECAST DIFFICULT...AND COULD HAVE
YIELDED SOME CLUES AS TO WHAT WAS OCCURRING UNDERNEATH ALL THIS
THICK CLOUD COVER. STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE
TOP OF THIS SYSTEM...AT OR NEAR 20 NORTH OVERNIGHT...AND IN SELY
FLOW BEHIND IT...WHICH MAY BRING SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25
KNOTS TO THE ANEGADA PASSAGE...USVI WATERS...AND OFFSHORE ATLC ON
FRIDAY. THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS SYSTEM TO CONGEAL
AND BECOME A TD OR TROPICAL STORM OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS IT
MOVES TOWARDS THE SE BAHAMAS.
HEAVY RAINS LEADING TO URBAN FLOODING...AND SOME AREAS OF FLASH
FLOODING...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE NEXT 18 TO 24
HOURS...AND APPEAR MOST LIKELY ACROSS THE EASTERN INTERIOR OF
PR...AND POSSIBLY THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN
IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE LOCAL AREA UNTIL MORE SPECIFIC FLOOD
POTENTIAL BECOME EVIDENT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO TROPICAL STORM
FORCE AREA CERTAINLY POSSIBLE IN TSTORMS...BUT AT THE PRESENT
MOMENT...SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH ARE NOT EXPECTED
OVER LAND. FOR SPECIFICS ON LOCAL IMPACTS REFER TO THE SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT BEING ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE...AWIPS HEADER
SJUSPSSJU...FOR 3 HOUR UPDATES.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 424 PM AST THU AUG 14 2008/
DISCUSSION...AN APPROACHING STRONG TROPICAL WAVE...ACROSS THE
NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS LATE AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK
WESTWARD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...INCREASING THE
CLOUDINESS...SHOWERS...THUNDERSTORMS AND SQUALLS ACROSS THE FA. THE
TROPICAL WAVE...HAS EXPERIENCED A BURST IN CONVECTION TODAY AND THE
CONVECTION HAS BECOME MORE ALIGNED WITH LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION. WITH
THIS BURST OF CONVECTION...AND THE WAVE MOVING INTO A MORE FAVORABLE
ENVIRONMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT...COULD SEE THE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
WAVE DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR
TONIGHT.
THE OUTER RAINBANDS MOVING AHEAD OF THE WAVE CONTINUE TO MOVE
SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO THIS
EVENING. RAIN BANDS WILL BECOME MORE FREQUENT AS THE EVENING
PROGRESSES AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THE BANDS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS LIKELY
TONIGHT AS THE WAVE CONTINUES WESTWARD. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO
THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND FOR
PUERTO RICO...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO FIVE INCHES
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. AS A RESULT OF THE ONGOING
SITUATION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS.
AVIATION...WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE ACROSS ALL LOCAL
TERMINALS THIS EVENING AS THE STRONG AND ACTIVE TROPICAL WAVE...
ACROSS THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON... APPROACHES THE
REGION. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TKPK AND TNCM TONIGHT
WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND PERIODS OF MVFR OR IFR. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED TO THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO
PROPAGATE RAPIDLY WESTWARD AFFECTING THE REST OF THE LOCAL TAF SITES
TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORM OF BANDS WILL RESULT
IN PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING. THEREFORE
EXPECT PERIODS OF MVFR AND EVEN IFR CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF THE
LOCAL TAF SITES FROM EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
MARINE...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE ACROSS THE REGIONAL
WATERS...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE TROPICAL WAVE AND IS
ASSOCIATED WEATHER MOVES WESTWARD AND CLOSER...BRINGING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORM OF SQUALLS. ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ARE
POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE RAINBANDS. LOCALLY HIGH WAVES CREATED BY THE
SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLAND WATERS THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT. SEAS OF FOUR TO SIX FEET EARLY THIS EVENING WILL
INCREASE TO 6 TO 7 FEET BY FRIDAY MAINLY ALONG THE NORTH AND EAST
COASTS OF THE ISLANDS. MODERATE SWELLS SHOULD AFFECT THE LOCAL
ATLANTIC WATERS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MARINERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT
LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THE OFFSHORE ATLANTIC...AND
MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN WATERS...
INCLUDING THE PASSAGES LATER TONIGHT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU 78 89 78 91 / 50 50 40 40
STT 79 89 79 89 / 50 50 50 50
&&
.SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL INTERIOR-
CULEBRA-EASTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-NORTH
CENTRAL-NORTHEAST-NORTHWEST-PONCE AND VICINITY-SAN JUAN AND
VICINITY-SOUTHEAST-SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-WESTERN INTERIOR.
VI...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR ST CROIX-ST.
THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS.
&&
71/70HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 635 AM AST THU AUG 14 2008 AMZ710>750-PRZ001>013-151045- SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- THE NEARSHORE AND OFF SHORE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS- 635 AM AST THU AUG 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ACTIVE TROPICAL WAVE NOW LOCATED EAST OF THE LEEWARD WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT INCREASING THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN HIGH AS THIS TROPICAL MOVES ACROSS THE LOCAL FORECAST AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. AMZ720-730-VIZ001-002-151045- ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS- 635 AM AST THU AUG 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ACTIVE TROPICAL WAVE NOW LOCATED EAST OF THE LEEWARD WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT INCREASING THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN HIGH AS THIS TROPICAL MOVES ACROSS THE LOCAL FORECAST AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
PRZ001-PRZ002-PRZ003-PRZ004-PRZ005-PRZ006-PRZ007-PRZ008-PRZ009-PRZ010 -PRZ011-PRZ012-PRZ013-VIZ001-VIZ002-150420- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 920 PM AST THU AUG 14 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1220 AM AST FOR PEOPLE IN PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS ...STRONG TROPICAL WAVE AND ASSOCIATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE VIRGIN ISLANDS MOVING WEST INTO PUERTO RICO LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO THROUGH FRIDAY... A STRONG TROPICAL WAVE AND ITS ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE HAS BEEN GRADUALLY MOVING WESTWARD DURING THE LAST FEW HOURS AND IS NOW LOCATED OVER THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. BASED ON THIS MOTION...THE LARGE CLOUDS MASS AND ASSOCIATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING WEST ACROSS VIEQUES CULEBRA AND INTO PUERTO RICO DURING THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. LATEST SAN JUAN DOPPLER RADAR IMAGES SHOW A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SAINT CROIX AND EAST OF SAINT THOMAS MOVING GENERALLY WESTWARD. ALTHOUGH THE NOAA AND AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTERS INDICATED THAT THE WAVE HAD NOT BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED...THE POTENTIAL STILL REMAINS FOR THE WAVE TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AT ANYTIME DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE WAVE INTENSIFIES INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE AFFECTED THE ISLAND OF SAINT DURING THE LAST THREE HOURS AND MORE ARE ON THE WAY WEST ACROSS THE TERRITORY. THEREFORE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR ITS PROGRESS. ...INLAND FLOODING... OUTER BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW MOVING THROUGH PUERTO RICO WHILE A LARGE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS OVER THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE NORTHERN LEEWARDS. AS THESE MOVE FURTHER WEST...THE RISK OF URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE FOR THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. THESE RAIN BANDS WILL BECOME FREQUENT AND HEAVIER LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY ACROSS VIEQUES...CULEBRA...THE EASTERN HALF OF PUERTO RICO AND THE REMAINDER OF THE ISLAND THROUGH FRIDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS INTO PUERTO RICO TONIGHT AND BRING POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THREE TO FIVE INCHES FOR PUERTO RICO...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. LANDSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCAL AREA FOR TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. ...HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING... MARINERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS DURING THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE TROPICAL WAVE AND ITS ASSOCIATED WEATHER MOVES WESTWARD...BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORM OF SQUALLS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 34 KNOTS OR GREATER...FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING...LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS...GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION...WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE RAINBANDS. LOCALLY HIGH WAVES CREATED BY THE SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE VIRGIN ISLAND WATERS TONIGHT AND PUERTO RICO LATER. SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 6 TO 7 FEET BY FRIDAY MAINLY ALONG THE NORTH AND EAST COASTS OF THE ISLANDS. MODERATE SWELLS SHOULD AFFECT THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THE OFFSHORE ATLANTIC...AND MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN WATERS...INCLUDING THE PASSAGES POSSIBLY ON FRIDAY. ...WINDS... NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DURING THE LAST THREE HOURS. AS THE SQUALLS ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS MOVE INTO EASTERN AND NORTH PUERTO RICO WATERS LATER TONIGHT...STRONG GUSTY WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED AT TIMES GUSTING TO 34 KNOTS OR HIGHER. FOR THE LAND AREAS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO... OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY WITH PASSING SQUALLS...AND ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. THE NEXT SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1220 AM BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. RM
PRZ001-PRZ002-PRZ003-PRZ004-PRZ005-PRZ006-PRZ007-PRZ008-PRZ009-PRZ010 -PRZ011-PRZ012-PRZ013-VIZ001-VIZ002-150420- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 920 PM AST THU AUG 14 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1220 AM AST FOR PEOPLE IN PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS ...STRONG TROPICAL WAVE AND ASSOCIATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE VIRGIN ISLANDS MOVING WEST INTO PUERTO RICO LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO THROUGH FRIDAY... A STRONG TROPICAL WAVE AND ITS ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE HAS BEEN GRADUALLY MOVING WESTWARD DURING THE LAST FEW HOURS AND IS NOW LOCATED OVER THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. BASED ON THIS MOTION...THE LARGE CLOUDS MASS AND ASSOCIATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING WEST ACROSS VIEQUES CULEBRA AND INTO PUERTO RICO DURING THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. LATEST SAN JUAN DOPPLER RADAR IMAGES SHOW A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SAINT CROIX AND EAST OF SAINT THOMAS MOVING GENERALLY WESTWARD. ALTHOUGH THE NOAA AND AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTERS INDICATED THAT THE WAVE HAD NOT BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED...THE POTENTIAL STILL REMAINS FOR THE WAVE TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AT ANYTIME DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE WAVE INTENSIFIES INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE AFFECTED THE ISLAND OF SAINT CROIX DURING THE LAST THREE HOURS AND MORE ARE ON THE WAY WEST ACROSS THE TERRITORY. THEREFORE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR ITS PROGRESS. ...INLAND FLOODING... OUTER BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW MOVING THROUGH PUERTO RICO WHILE A LARGE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS OVER THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE NORTHERN LEEWARDS. AS THESE MOVE FURTHER WEST...THE RISK OF URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE FOR THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. THESE RAIN BANDS WILL BECOME FREQUENT AND HEAVIER LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY ACROSS VIEQUES...CULEBRA...THE EASTERN HALF OF PUERTO RICO AND THE REMAINDER OF THE ISLAND THROUGH FRIDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS INTO PUERTO RICO TONIGHT AND BRING POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THREE TO FIVE INCHES FOR PUERTO RICO...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. LANDSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCAL AREA FOR TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. ...HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING... MARINERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS DURING THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE TROPICAL WAVE AND ITS ASSOCIATED WEATHER MOVES WESTWARD...BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORM OF SQUALLS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 34 KNOTS OR GREATER...FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING...LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS...GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION...WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE RAINBANDS. LOCALLY HIGH WAVES CREATED BY THE SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE VIRGIN ISLAND WATERS TONIGHT AND PUERTO RICO LATER. SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 6 TO 7 FEET BY FRIDAY MAINLY ALONG THE NORTH AND EAST COASTS OF THE ISLANDS. MODERATE SWELLS SHOULD AFFECT THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THE OFFSHORE ATLANTIC...AND MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN WATERS...INCLUDING THE PASSAGES POSSIBLY ON FRIDAY. ...WINDS... NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DURING THE LAST THREE HOURS. AS THE SQUALLS ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS MOVE INTO EASTERN AND NORTH PUERTO RICO WATERS LATER TONIGHT...STRONG GUSTY WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED AT TIMES GUSTING TO 34 KNOTS OR HIGHER. FOR THE LAND AREAS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO... OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY WITH PASSING SQUALLS...AND ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. THE NEXT SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1220 AM BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. RM
PRZ001-PRZ002-PRZ003-PRZ004-PRZ005-PRZ006-PRZ007-PRZ008-PRZ009-PRZ010 -PRZ011-PRZ012-PRZ013-VIZ001-VIZ002-150420- COMUNICADO ESPECIAL SOBRE LAS CONDICIONES DEL TIEMPO SERVICIO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA SAN JUAN PR 920 PM AST JUEVES 14 DE AGOSTO DE 2008 EL SERVICIO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA SAN JUAN HA EMITIDO UN COMUNICADO ESPECIAL SOBRE LAS CONDICIONES DEL TIEMPO HASTA LAS 1220 AM AST PARA LAS PERSONAS EN TODOS LOS MUNICIPIOS EN PUERTO RICO Y EN LAS ISLAS VIRGENES AMERICANAS ...UNA FUERTE ONDA TROPICAL Y EL AREA DE BAJA PRESION ASOCIADA SOBRE LAS ISLAS VIRGENES MOVIENDOSE AL OESTE SOBRE PUERTO RICO MAS TARDE ESTA NOCHE Y EL VIERNES... ...VIGILANCIA DE INUNDACIONES REPENTINAS EN EFECTO PARA LAS ISLAS VIRGENES Y PUERTO RICO HASTA EL VIERNES... UNA FUERTE ONDA TROPICAL Y EL AREA DE BAJA PRESION ASOCIADA HA ESTADO MOVIENDOSE GRADUALMENTE AL OESTE DURANTE LAS PASADAS HORAS Y ACTUALMENTE SE ENCUENTRA LOCALIZADA SOBRE LAS ISLAS VIRGENES. BASADO EL ESTE MOVIMIENTO...EL AMPLIO AREA DE NUBES Y AGUACEROS Y TRONADAS ASOCIADAS CONTINUARAN MOVIENDOSE AL OESTE SOBRE PUERTO RICO MAS TARDE ESTA NOCHE Y EL VIERNES. LAS ULTIMAS IMAGENES DEL RADAR DOPPLER DE SAN JUAN MUESTRA AN AMPLIO AREA DE AGAUCEROS Y TRONADAS SOBRE SAINT CROIX Y AL ESTE DE SAINT THOMAS MOVIENDOSE GENERALMENTE HACIA EL OESTE. AUNQUE LOS AVIONES CAZA HURACANES INDCARON QUE LA ONDA NO SE HA TORNADO MEJOR ORGAINZADO... AUN HAY PARA QUE LA ONDA PUDIERA CONVERTIRSE EN DEPRESION EN CUALQUIER MOMENTO DURANTE LA PROXIMAS 24 HORAS. INDEPEDIENTEMENTE DE SI LA ONDA SE CONVIERTA EN DEPRESION O NO... EFECTOS SIGNIFICATIVOS YA ESTAN OCURRIENDO A TRAVES DE LAS ISLAS VIRGENES AMERICANAS. TRONADAS HAN AFECTADO LA ISLA DE SAINT CROIX DURANTE LAS PASADAS TRES HORAS Y SE MUEVEN AL OESTE A TRAVES DEL TERRITORIO. POR LO TANTO LOS RESIDENTES Y VISITANTES EN LAS ISLAS VIRGENES Y PUERTO RICO DEBENSEGUIR DE CERCA EL PROGESO DE ESTE SISTEMA. ...INUNDACIONES INTERIOR... BANDAS EXTERIORES DE LLUVIA DE AGUACEROS Y TRONADAS ACTUALMENTE SE ESTAN MOVIENDO A TRAVES DE PUERTO RICO MIENTRAS UN AMPLIO AREA DE AGUACEROS Y TRONADAS ESTA SOBRE ISLAS VIRGENES Y LAS ISLAS SOTAVENTO DEL NORTE. AL DESPLAZARSE MAS HACIA EL OESTE...EL RIESGO DE INUNDACIONES LOCALES EN AREAS URBANAS Y EN PEQUENOS RIACHUELOS AUMENTARA PARA LAS ISLAS VIRGENES AMERICANAS Y PUERTO RICO. ESTAS BANDAS DE LLUVIAS SERAN MAS FRECUENTES Y MAS FUERTES DURANTE LA NOCHE Y EL VIERNES. LAS CONDICIONES ESTARAN ESPARCIENDOSE HACIA EL OESTE A TRAVES DE VIEQUES...CULEBRA...Y LA MITAD ESTE DE PUERTO RICO Y EL RESTO DE LA ISLA HASTA EL VIERNES. SE ESPERA QUE LA BAJA PRESION ASOCIADA CON LA ONDA TROPICAL SE MOVERA AL OESTE DESDE LAS ISLAS VIRGENES HACIA PUERTO RICO ESTA NOCHE Y TRAE CONSIGO EL POTENCIAL PARA FUERTES LLUVIAS. ACUMULACIONES TOTALES DE UNO A TRES PULGADAS SON ANTICIPADAS A TRAVES DE LAS ISLAS VIRGENES Y DE TRES A CINCO PULGADAS PARA PUERTO RICO...CON CANTIDADES LOCALMENTE MAS FUERTES POSIBLES SOBRE AREAS DE TERRENO MAS ELEVADO. TAMBIEN SERAN POSIBLES DESLIZES DE LODOS. COMO RESULTADO DE ESTA SITUACION...UNA VIGILANCIA DE INUNDACIONES REPENTINAS ESTARA EN EFECTO DESDE ESTA NOCHE HASTA EL VIERNES. ...RESACAS ALTAS Y INUNDACIONES COSTERAS... LOS NAVEGANTES DEBEN ESTAR ATENTOS A LAS CONDICIONES DEL TIEMPO. LAS CONDICIONES MARITIMAS SE DETERIORARAN A TRAVES DEL ATLANTICO Y EL CARIBE DURANTE EL RESTO DE LA NOCHE Y EL VIERNES TRAS EL PASO DE LA ONDA TROPICAL Y EL MAL TIEMPO ASOCIADO. TRAEYENDO AGUACEROS Y TRONADAS EN FORMA DE TURBONADAS. LAS TRONADAS PROBABLEMENTE TENDRAN VIENTOS FUERTES Y RAFAGAS DE HASTA 34 NUDOS O MAS...FRECUENTES RELAMPGADOS DE NUBE AL AGUA...MARES LOCALMENTE MAS ALTOS...Y VISIBILIDADES MUY REDUCIDAS EN LLUVIAS TORRENCIALES Y POSIBLE GRANIZOS PEQUENOS. ES POSIBLE TAMBIEN QUE PUEDAN FORMARSE TROMBAS MARINAS EN LAS BANDAS DE LLUVIA. RESACAS ALTAS LOCALMENTE CREADAS POR LAS TURBONADAS COMENZARAN A AFECTAR LAS AGUAS DE LAS ISLAS VIRGENES ESTA NOCHE Y A PUERTO RICO MAS TARDE. OLEAJE AUMENTARA DE 6 A 7 PIES PARA EL VIERNES PRINCIPALMENTE A LO LARGO DE LA COSTA NORTE Y ESTE DE LAS ISLAS. MAREJADAS MODERADAS DEBEN AFECTAR LAS AGUAS LOCALES DEL ATLANTICO ESTA NOCHE Y EL VIERNES. LOS NAVEGANTES DEBEN EJERCER PRECAUCION MAS TARDE EN EL ANOCHECER Y EL VIRNES. ADVERTENCIAS PARA OPERADORES DE EMBARCACIONES PEQUENAS ESTARAN EN VIGOR MAS TARDE ESTA NOCHE HASTA EL VIERNES PARA LAS AGUAS AFUERAS DEL ATLANTICO...ESTAS PUDIERAN SER EXPANDIADAS A PARTES DEL CARIBE ORIENTAL...INCLUYENDO LOS PASAGES PARA EL VIERNES. ...LOS VIENTOS... NO SE HAN REPORADO RAFAGAS DE VIENTOS SIGNIFICATIVOS A TRAVES DE LAS ISLAS VIGENES DURANTE LAS PASADAS TRES HORA. AL MOVERSE LAS TURBONADAS ACTUALMENTE A TRAVES DE LAS ISLAS VIRGENES AL NORTE DE PUERTO RICO MAS TARDE EN LA NOCHE...SE ESPERAN FUERTES RAFAGAS DE VIENTGOS EN OCASIONES DE HASTA 34 NUDOS O MAS. PARA LAS AREAS SOBRE TIERRA EN LAS ISLAS VIRGENES Y PUERTO RICO... OCASIONALMENTE RAFAGAS DE VIENTOS DE HASTA 35 MPH SON POSIBLES ESTA NOCHE Y EL VIERNES...ESPECIALMENTE EN TURBONABAS...A TRAVES AREAS ALTAS. LA PROXIMA COMUNICADO ESPECIAL SOBRE LAS CONDICIONES DEL TIEMPO SERA EMITIDO ALREDEDOR DE LAS 1220 AM POR EL SERVICIO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. RM /JAE
PRZ001-PRZ002-PRZ003-PRZ004-PRZ005-PRZ006-PRZ007-PRZ008-PRZ009- PRZ010-PRZ011-PRZ012-PRZ013-VIZ001-VIZ002-150720- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1230 AM AST FRI AUG 15 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 3 AM AST FOR PEOPLE IN PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. ...STRONG TROPICAL WAVE AND ASSOCIATED DISTURBED WEATHER CURRENTLY ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...AND LOCAL WATERS MOVING WEST INTO EAST AND NORTHEAST PUERTO RICO... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO THROUGH FRIDAY... A STRONG TROPICAL WAVE AND ITS ASSOCIATED DISTURBED WEATHER HAS BEEN GRADUALLY MOVING WESTWARD DURING THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS...AND HAS SHIFTED AND INTENSIFIED ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...AND THE WATERS OFF OF EASTERN PUERTO RICO. THIS VERY ACTIVE WEATHER WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT INTO EAST AND NORTHEAST PUERTO RICO THROUGH 3 AM. THE LATEST SAN JUAN DOPPLER RADAR IMAGES SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MERGING INTO LINES AND BANDS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WATERS FROM JUST NORTH OF CULEBRA...SOUTHWARD TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF ST CROIX...AND ALSO STRETCHED ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BEEN INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE LOCALLY...THIS TROPICAL WAVE PRESENTLY IS NOT SHOWING SIGNS OF BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR THIS WAVE TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AT ANYTIME DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE WAVE INTENSIFIES INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SEEN ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS. THEREFORE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR ITS PROGRESS. ...INLAND FLOODING... CLUSTERS AND BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING ACROSS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND SHIFTING INTO THE NORTH AND EAST COASTS. AS THESE MOVE FURTHER WESTWARD...THE RISK OF URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE FOR PUERTO RICO. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE INCH AND GREATER HAVE ALREADY BEEN SEEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS BY SUNRISE...AND THREE TO FIVE INCHES FOR EAST...NORTHEAST...AND INTERIOR PUERTO RICO...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. LANDSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCAL AREA FOR TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. ...HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING... MARINE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE TROPICAL WAVE AND ITS ASSOCIATED WEATHER MOVES WESTWARD...BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORM OF SQUALLS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 34 KNOTS OR GREATER...FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING...LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS...GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION...WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE RAINBANDS. LOCALLY HIGH WAVES CREATED BY THE SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOCAL WATERS OVERNIGHT. COASTAL SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 6 TO 7 FEET OVERNIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS THE OFFSHORE ATLANTIC AND ANEGADA PASSAGE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR THE OFFSHORE ATLANTIC...AND MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN WATERS ON FRIDAY. ...WINDS... WIND GUST TO NEAR 30 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DURING THE LAST THREE HOURS IN THUNDERSTORMS...BUT OTHERWISE...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 MPH AND LESS HAVE PREVAILED ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS. SQUALLS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH OR HIGHER. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS BEHIND THE TROPICAL WAVE ON FRIDAY ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH OVER PARTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS...AND 20 TO 25 KNOTS ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF THE LOCAL WATERS. THE NEXT SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 330 AM BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. SS
PRZ001-PRZ002-PRZ003-PRZ004-PRZ005-PRZ006-PRZ007-PRZ008-PRZ009- PRZ010-PRZ011-PRZ012-PRZ013-VIZ001-VIZ002-150720- COMUNICADO ESPECIAL SOBRE LAS CONDICIONES DEL TIEMPO SERVICIO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA SAN JUAN PR 1230 AM AST VIERNES 15 DE AGOSTO DE 2008 EL SERVICIO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA SAN JUAN HA EMITIDO UN COMUNICADO ESPECIAL SOBRE LAS CONDICIONES DEL TIEMPO EN EFECTO HASTA LAS 3 AM AST PARA LAS PERSONAS EN PUERTO RICO Y EN LAS ISLAS VIRGENES AMERICANAS. ...UNA FUERTE ONDA TROPICAL Y EL AREA DE MAL TIEMPO ASOCIADA ACTUALMENTE A TRAVES DE LAS ISLAS VIRGENES...CULEBRA Y VIEQUES...Y LAS AGUAS LOCALES MOVIENDOSE HACIA EL OESTE HACIA EL ESTE Y NORESTE DE PUERTO RICO... ...VIGILANCIA DE INUNDACIONES REPENTINAS EN EFECTO PARA LAS ISLAS VIRGENES Y PUERTO RICO HASTA EL VIERNES... UNA FUERTE ONDA TROPICAL Y EL AREA DE MAL TIEMPO ASOCIADA HA ESTADO MOVIENDOSE GRADUALMENTE HACIA EL OESTE DURANTE LAS PASADAS HORAS... Y SE HA INTENSIFICADO Y DESPLAZADO A TRAVES DE LAS ISLAS VIRGENES...CULEBRA Y VIEQUES...Y LAS AGUAS FUERA DEL ESTE DE PUERTO RICO. ESTAS CONDICIONES MUY ACTIVAS SE DESPLAZARAN GRADUALMENTE HACIA EL ESTE Y NORESTE DE PUERTO RICO HASTA LAS 3 AM. LAS ULTIMAS IMAGENES DEL RADAR DOPPLER DE SAN JUAN MUESTRAN TRONADAS COMBINANDOSE EN LINEAS Y BANDAS A TRAVES DE LAS AGUAS DEL CARIBE DESDE JUSTO EL NORTE DE CULEBRA...HACIA EL SUR HASTA JUSTO EL SUROESTE DE SANTA CRUZ...Y TAMBIEN SE EXTENDIO A TRAVES DE LAS AGUAS LOCALES DEL ATLANTICO DE PUERTO RICO. AUNQUE LA ACTIVIDAD DE TRONADAS HA ESTADO AUMENTANDO EN INTENSIDAD Y EN COBERTURA LOCALMENTE...EN ESTOS MOMENTOS ESTA ONDA TROPICALNO ESTA MOSTRANDO SENALES DE TORNARSE MEJOR ORGANIZADA. SIN EMBARGO...TODAVIA EXISTE EL POTENCIAL PARA QUE ESTA ONDA SE CONVIERTA EN UNA DEPRESION TROPICAL EN CUALQUIER MOMENTO DURANTE LAS PROXIMAS 24 HORAS. INDEPEDIENTEMENTE DE SI LA ONDA SE CONVIERTE EN DEPRESION O NO... EFECTOS SIGNIFICATIVOS YA SE HAN OBSERVADO A TRAVES DE LAS ISLAS VIRGENES AMERICANAS Y LAS AGUAS LOCALES DEL CARIBE. POR LO TANTO LOS RESIDENTES Y VISITANTES EN LAS ISLAS VIRGENES Y PUERTO RICO DEBEN SEGUIR DE CERCA EL PROGESO DE ESTE SISTEMA. ...INUNDACIONES INTERIOR... GRUPOS Y BANDAS DE AGUACEROS Y TRONADAS ESTAN AUMENTANDO A TRAVES DE LAS AGUAS DEL ESTE DEL CARIBE DE PUERTO RICO Y DESPALZANDOSE HACIA LAS COSTAS DEL NORTE Y ESTE. A MEDIDA QUE ESTOS SE MUEVEN MAS HACIA EL OESTE...EL RIESGO DE INUDNACIONES URBANAS Y DE PEQUENOS RIACHUELOS Y DE INUNDACIONES REPENTINAS AUMENTARA PARA PUERTO RICO. ACUMULACIONES DE LLUVIA DE UNA PULGADA O MAS YA SE HAN OBSERVADO A TRAVES DE PARTES DE LAS ISLAS VIRGENES...CULEBRA Y VIEQUES HASTA LA MEDIANOCHE. TOTALES DE LLUVIA...DE UNA A TRES PULGADAS SE ESPERAN A TRAVES DE LAS ISLAS VIRGENES AMERICANAS PARA EL AMANECER...Y DE TRES A CINCO PULGADAS PARA EL INTERIOR...ESTE...Y NORESTE DE PUERTO RICO...CON POSIBLES CANTIDADES MAYORES A TRAVES DE TERRENO MAS ALTO. TAMBIEN SON POSIBLES DESLIZAMIENTOS DE TERRENO Y LODO. CONTINUA EN EFECTO UNA VIGILANCIA DE INUNDACIONES REPENTINAS PARA EL AREA LOCAL ESTA NOCHE HASTA EL VIERNES. ...INUNDACIONES COSTERAS Y RESACAS FUERTES... LAS CONDICIONES MARITIMAS CONTINUARAN DETERIORANDOSE A TRAVES DE LAS AGUAS DEL ATLANTICO Y DEL CARIBE DURANTE LA NOCHE Y EL VIERNES A MEDIDA QUE LA ONDA TROPICAL Y EL MAL TIEMPO ASOCIADO SE MUEVEN HACIA EL OESTE...TRAEYENDO AGUACEROS Y TRONADAS EN FORMA DE TURBONADAS. LAS TRONADAS PROBABLEMENTE TENDRAN VIENTOS FUERTES Y RAFAGAS DE HASTA 34 NUDOS O MAS...FRECUENTES RELAMPGADOS DE NUBE AL AGUA... OLEAJE LOCALMENTE MAS ALTO...Y VISIBILIDADES MUY REDUCIDAS EN LLUVIAS TORRENCIALES...Y POSIBLEMENTE ALGUN GRANIZO PEQUENO. EN ADICION...SON POSIBLES TROMBAS MARINAS EN ALGUNAS DE LAS BANDAS DE LLUVIA. OLAS ALTAS LOCALMENTE CREADAS POR LAS TURBONADAS CONTINUARAN AFECTANDO LAS AGUAS LOCALES DURANTE LA NOCHE. EL OLEAJE COSTERO AUMENTARA HASTA 6 A 7 PIES DURANTE LA NOCHE...MAYORMENTE A TRAVES DE LAS AGUAS MAR AFUERA DEL ATLANTICO Y EL PASAJE DE ANEGADA. CONTINUA EN EFECTO UNA ADVERTENCIA PARA LOS OPERADORES DE EMBARCACIONES PEQUENAS DURANTE LA NOCHE PARA LAS AGUAS MAR AFUERA DEL ATLANTICO... Y PODRIA REQUERIRSE PARA PARTES DE LAS AGUAS DEL ESTE DEL CARIBE EL VIERNES. ...LOS VIENTOS... RAFAGAS DE VIENTO HASTA CERCA DE 30 MPH SE HA REPORTADO A TRAVES DE LAS ISLAS VIRGENES DURANTE LAS PASADAS TRES HORAS EN TRONADAS...PERO DE LO CONTRARIO...VIENTOS SOSTENIDOS A 15 MPH O MENOS HAN PREVALECIDO A TRAVES DE LAS ISLAS LOCALES. TURBONADAS Y TRONADAS MOVIENDOSE A TRAVES DEL AREA DURANTE LA NOCHE SERAN CAPACES DE PRODUCIR VIENTOS FUERTES EN RAFAGAS HASTA 35 MPH O MAS. VIENTOS DEL SURESTE DETARS DE LA ONDA TROPICAL EL VIERNES POSIBLEMENTE PRODUCIRAN VIENTOS SOSTENIDOS A CERCA DE 20 MOH SOBRE PARTES DE LAS ISLAS LOCALES...Y DE 20 A 25 NUDOS A TRAVES DE GRAN PARTE DE LAS AGUAS LOCALES. EL PROXIMO COMUNICADO ESPECIAL SOBRE LAS CONDICIONES DEL TIEMPO SERA EMITIDO ALREDEDOR DE LAS 330 AM POR LA OFICINA DE PRONOSTICO DEL SERVICIO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. SS/SANTIAGO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 heavy rain, 2 debris flow, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Periods of heavy rain with low visibilities were recorded at the San Juan airport. Light rain began around 2300 AST on the 14th of August and varied between light and moderate through the night and ended around 1100 AST on the 15th of August. Rainfall accumulations of around 2.27 inches were recorded.
River Fajardo overflowed its banks and flooded Highway 3 and its intersection with PR-53 at Barrio Cilito, traffic was blocked in both directions. A car and its occupant were overtaken by the flood waters but the person was rescued unharmed. During the height of the rain, the river increased its flow to approximately 10 feet, which is 2 feet above flood stage.
A segment of road PR 194 in front of Plaza Fajardo collapsed as a van passed over and ditched into the crater.
A landslide was reported along road PR 975 near Las Calderonas in Ceiba. Two vehicles were trapped but no one was injured.
Road 368 in Yauco municipality was closed to traffic due to river Rio Loco overflowing its banks.
Road PR28 was flooded near the Julio Monagas Park in Bayamon.
Road 951 from Canovanas to Loiza was reported flooded.
Road 31 along the Pitina Sector in Naguabo was reported flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, August 2008
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: 113956, 114964, 114971, 114974, 132825, 132827, 132828, 132829.