S. Virgin Islands and the Leeward Islands.
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The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
As a cold front moved just north of the local islands brought showers and an isolated thunderstorm affecting all Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Leeward Islands.
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 Dec 14, 9:21 PM AST, 6 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 921 PM AST SUN DEC 14 2014 .SYNOPSIS...A CDFNT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE LOCAL AREA MON AFTERNOON AND STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA MON NIGHT THEN DISSIPATE ON WED. MID-UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION AT THE END OF THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...MOISTURE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN THIS EVENING WITH PWAT UP TO 2.06 INCHES ON 00Z JSJ RAOB. WEAK WAVE OF LOW PRES WILL RIDE ALG FRONT NEXT 12 HRS KEEPING THINGS UNSETTLED OVER ATLC WATERS AND MONA PASSAGE. SOME OF THAT ACTIVITY WILL MOVE ONSHORE THE WEST COAST OF PR ON WSW STEERING WINDS. FRONT THEN CROSSES PR AROUND 18Z MON WITH WINDS SHIFTING FROM NW TO NNE FOCUSING SHOWERS PRIMARILY OVR NORTHEAST PR. AS NE WINDS STRENGTHEN MON NIGHT AND TUE AND ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVES ACROSS EXPECT PERIODS OF RAIN OVER THE AREA PRIMARILY OVR NORTHEAST PR. DUE TO ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT SOME FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST PR MON AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. A DRYING TREND WILL BEGIN TUE NIGHT AS FRONT LOSES DEFINITION AND BEST FORCING LIFTS AWAY. HOWEVER...NE WINDS BANKED AGAINST THE CORDILLERA WILL KEEP LOW CLOUDS AND DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN THROUGH THU MORNING IN THAT AREA. MID-UPPER RIDGE THEN BUILDS FRI THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK LEADING TO AMPLE SUNSHINE AND FAIR WX CONDITIONS. && .AVIATION...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE FCST AREA CREATING UNSETTLED WEATHER CONDS. MVFR CONDS CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN PR/USVI TERMINALS AND TNCM AS SHRA AND LOW LEVEL SCT-BKN CIGS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO FRONTAL PASSAGE OVER THE FCST AREA. SCT-BKN LAYERS BETWEEN FL070-200 EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AFT 15/15Z SCT-BKN CIGS FL035-FL060. SOUTHERLY TO LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS OVERNIGHT...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST BETWEEN 5 AND 10 KTS AFT 15/18Z. && .MARINE...WINDS SHIFTING FROM NW TO NE MON AFTERNOON AND INCREASING UP TO 15-KT TUE. WINDS THEN REMAIN NE 10-15 KT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. SEAS MAINLY 3-5 FT IN MIXED NNE SWELLS AND WIND WAVES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SJU 75 83 70 80 / 60 70 70 70 STT 78 85 72 85 / 40 60 60 50 && .SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PR...NONE. VI...NONE. COASTAL WATERS...NONE. && 27/64
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 957 PM AST SUN DEC 14 2014 AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-151000- 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- 957 PM AST SUN DEC 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS FRONT WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND TRIGGER MINOR FLOODING. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-151000- ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS- 957 PM AST SUN DEC 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS FRONT WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND TRIGGER MINOR FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The San Juan radar (TJUA), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:57 UTC.
7 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Creek Los Cedros out of its banks over bridge on road 4466 in Shacks sector Isabela. Around 30 families were impacted by the flooding during the early morning hours.
Calderon Avenue at the intersection with Monserrate avenue was reported flooded.
Mc Leary Road in San Juan was reported flooded.
Baldorioty Avenue was reported as flooded at Minillas Bridge.
Ave. Campo Rico in front of Sabana Abajo Housing was reported flooded.
Rexach and Wiliam streets at Barrio Obrero sector were reported flooded and impassable.
A mudslide was reported at San Jos sector.
Urdiales, Blanes final, Verge, and Almagro streets were reported flooded at San Jos sector.
Col n and Progreso Streets were reported flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, December 2014
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: 548457, 548467, 548469, 548470, 552058, 550516, 552057, 552059, 552060.