Puerto Rico, 2009

Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, June 16 to 17, 2009

June 16 to 17, 2009 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

S. Virgin Islands during the early morning of the 16th moved west northwest and its associated moisture caused heavy showers over southeast Puerto Rico during the evening.

Where it happened

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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
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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.

Surface trough located just east of the U.S. Virgin Islands during the early morning of the 16th moved west northwest and its associated moisture caused heavy showers over southeast Puerto Rico during the evening.

The radar

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Yabucoa

When
June 16, 11:30 PM AST to June 17, 12:30 AM AST
Where
Yabucoa County, 3.16 mi SW of Yabucoa
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
18.034, -65.900

Urban flooding was reported in Sector Calabaza of Yabucoa, the Catalina Morales road was reported impassable.

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 185979.