Puerto Rico, 2013

Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 6, 2013

November 6, 2013 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An upper level trough which moved over Puerto Rico, combined with daytime heating and local effect to produced scattered to numerous showers with thunderstorms over the Western Interior section of Puerto Rico. The torrential rainfall led to mudslides over steep terrains.

Where it happened

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  • Cold
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1,000
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.

An upper level trough which moved over Puerto Rico, combined with daytime heating and local effect to produced scattered to numerous showers with thunderstorms over the Western Interior section of Puerto Rico. The torrential rainfall led to mudslides over steep terrains.

What forecasters said that day

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 6, 2:53 PM AST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 2:53 PM AST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 6, 5:24 AM AST, 11 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
524 AM AST WED NOV 6 2013

AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-070930-
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-
524 AM AST WED NOV 6 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE ADJACENT
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT WILL COMBINE WITH GOOD VENTILATION ALOFT
AND LIGHT STEERING FLOW TO PRODUCE SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG THE INTERIOR AND WEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS COULD LEAD TO URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN LOCALIZED
AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

RAINFALL REPORTS OF TWO INCHES OR MORE AND/OR FLOODING REPORTS
WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-070930-
ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
524 AM AST WED NOV 6 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 6, 10:54 AM AST, 5 hours 36 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Utuado

When
November 6, 4:30 PM AST
Where
Utuado County, 1.6 mi WSW of Utuado to 0.99 mi WSW of Utuado
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
18.259, -66.722

Two landslides along road PR-123 as well at Barrio Don Alonzo were reported.

What these are

Heavy Rain
Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, November 2013

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: 484276.