TV news reported the woman was caught in a rip current and drowned at a beach in Condado, PR.
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.
TV news reported the woman was caught in a rip current and drowned at a beach in Condado, PR.
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 Sep 26, 4:46 AM AST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service San Juan PR
446 AM AST Sat Sep 26 2020
.SYNOPSIS...
Another active afternoon is expected over the interior and
southwestern Puerto Rico, and with saturated soils from previous
rainfall, urban and small stream flooding will be possible.
Moisture will remain high during the first half of the workweek
with more rain expected. Then, Saharan dust is expected to
filter in by the end of the week.
&&
.SHORT TERM...Today through Monday...
A mid to upper-level trough will continue to weaken, but slight
troughiness will continue today. There is also above average
available moisture with precipitable water values at around 2
inches, but expected to decrease slightly as the day progresses.
Winds will be from the east to east northeast today. Because of the
available moisture, scattered showers will continue this morning
across the local waters, USVI and eastern PR. For the afternoon
hours, the diurnal heating and local effects will combine with
the weak trough in the mid and upper levels to help promote the
development of showers and thunderstorms over Puerto Rico,
especially across central to western and southwestern PR. The rest
of the local area is expected to observe isolated to scattered
showers. Because of the rainfall over the past few days, the
activity expected today could cause urban and small stream
flooding in some areas.
Even though the upper trough is expected to give way to an upper
ridge to our west and an upper low to our east by Sunday,
essentially causing subsidence, the available moisture will combine
with the diurnal heating and local effects to cause showers and
thunderstorms on Sunday and Monday afternoon across central to
western PR. The rest of PR and the USVI will observe scattered
showers over the next few days. That said, Sunday looks like it has
a better chance of showers and thunderstorms as a tropical wave is
expected to move late on Sunday, continuing into Monday.
.LONG TERM...Tuesday through Sunday
Another tropical wave is expected to approach the islands by late
Tuesday into Wednesday. Precipitable water values are expected to
climb between 1.9 to 2.1. At the upper levels, a trough to the
northeast of the Windward Islands will support cold temperatures
aloft. Hence, these ingredients will combine to create unsettled
weather conditions over the area, with an increase in shower and
thunderstorm activity. By Thursday, a drier air mass at the low to
mid levels is expected to filter in from the east. Saharan dust
will be embedded in this air mass, resulting in hazy skies over
the islands through the weekend. Even with the drier air,
fragmented groups of clouds will makes their way into Puerto Rico
and the U.S. Virgin islands, and in combination with diurnal
heating and local effects, should result in shower activity over
the interior and western Puerto Rico each afternoon.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR conds at terminals through 26/16Z. VCSH expected
across the local terminals through 26/13Z. VCTS psbl at TJPS after
26/16Z and at TJBQ after 26/18Z. Sfc winds at around 10 kts from the
east to northeast with sea breeze variations. BKN SKY possible at
around FL060...FL050 mainly with SHRA/ Isold TSRA activity.
&&
.MARINE...
As the northerly well continues to subside, seas are now at 6 feet
or less across the local waters. Isolated thunderstorms will be
possible each afternoon, especially across western Puerto Rico.
Choppy marine conditions are expected by the middle of the
workweek. For the beachgoers, a high rip current risk continues
for some of the north-facing beaches of Puerto Rico.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU 89 79 88 79 / 30 50 50 50
STT 91 79 90 80 / 30 50 40 40
&&
.SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PR...High Rip Current Risk through this afternoon for Culebra-
Mayaguez and Vicinity-Northeast-Northwest-San Juan and
Vicinity-Southeast.
VI...None.
AM...None.
&&
SHORT TERM...JA
LONG TERM....ERGPerspectivas sobre Condiciones Peligrosas del Tiempo Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia San Juan PR 509 AM AST sabado 26 de septiembre de 2020 AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-2700900- San Juan y Vecindad-Noreste-Sureste- Este Interior-Norte Central-Interior Central-Ponce y Vecindad- Noroeste-Oeste Interior-Mayaguez y Vecindad-Suroeste-Culebra-Vieques- Aguas cercanas y mar afuera del Atlantico y Caribe- 509 AM AST sabado 26 de septiembre de 2020 Esta perspectiva sobre las condiciones peligrosas del tiempo es para Puerto Rico y las aguas costeras del Atlantico. .Dia Uno...Hoy y esta noche .Tronadas...Existe la posibilidad de tronadas con lluvia fuerte y vientos en rafagas esta tarde a traves del interior, oeste, y suroeste de Puerto Rico. .Inundaciones...Fuertes lluvias podrian resultar en inundaciones urbanas y riachuelos. .Oleaje...Oleaje picado de 5 a 6 pies es anticipado a traves de las aguas del Atlantico y los pasajes locales. .Corrientes Marinas...Existe un riesgo alto de corrientes marinas para las playas del noroeste al noreste de Puerto Rico y Culebra. Hay un riesgo moderado de corrientes marinas a traves del norte central, sureste y este de Puerto Rico al igual que el sur de Culebra la mayoria de las playas de Vieques. .Calor...Temperatura y humedad mas altas de lo normal podrian causar valores de indice de calor entre 98 y 103 grados a traves de sectores del sureste y sur de Puerto Rico. .Dias dos hasta el siete...domingo a viernes Onda tropical entrando el domingo y humedad mas alta de lo normal causara aguaceros a traves del area local, con una posibilidad mas alta de tronadas en las tardes del domingo y lunes, cual podrian causar inundaciones urbanas y de pequenos riachuelos. Se espera riesgo moderado de corrientes marinas a traves de la semana. .Comunicado sobre informacion reportada por observadores... No se anticipa activacion de observadores. Favor de reportar cualquier informacion sobre oleaje y corrientes marinas al Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia en San Juan mientras siguen las indicaciones de las autoridades locales y estatales. AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-270900- San Tomas, San John e Islas Adyacentes-Santa Cruz- Aguas cercanas del Atlantico y aguas costeras adyacentes del Caribe- 509 AM AST sabado 26 de septiembre de 2020 Esta perspectiva sobre las condiciones peligrosas del tiempo es para Islas Virgenes Estadounidenses y las aguas costeras adyacentes. .Dia Uno...Hoy y esta noche .Inundaciones...Fuertes lluvias podrian resultar en charcos de agua en areas urbanas y de poco drenaje. .Oleaje...Oleaje picado de 5 a 6 pies es anticipado a traves de las aguas del Atlantico y los pasajes locales. .Calor...Temperatura y humedad mas altas de lo normal podrian causar valores de indice de calor entre 98 y 103 grados en las areas bajas. .Corrientes Marinas...Riesgo moderado de corrientes marinas par alas mayorias de las corrientes marinas de las Islas Virgenes estadounidenses. .Dias dos hasta el siete...domingo a viernes Onda tropical entrando el domingo y humedad mas alta de lo normal causara aguaceros a traves del area local, con una posibilidad mas alta de tronadas en las tardes del domingo y lunes, cual podrian causar inundaciones urbanas y de pequenos riachuelos. Se espera riesgo moderado de corrientes marinas a traves de la semana. .Comunicado sobre informacion reportada por observadores... No se anticipa activacion de observadores. Favor de reportar cualquier informacion sobre oleaje y corrientes marinas al Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia en San Juan mientras siguen las indicaciones de las autoridades locales y estatales.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
TV news reported the woman was caught in a rip current and drowned at a beach in Condado, PR.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, San Juan and Vicinity | 2020-09-26 | Female | In Water | Direct |
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