The weather scenario for early May involved an upper-level trough and an induced surface trough with deep moisture from the Caribbean, which enhanced thunderstorms and downpours across the islands. This situation triggered a Flood Watch that was issued for the islands from Friday through Sunday.
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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.
The weather scenario for early May involved an upper-level trough and an induced surface trough with deep moisture from the Caribbean, which enhanced thunderstorms and downpours across the islands. This situation triggered a Flood Watch that was issued for the islands from Friday through Sunday.
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 May 3, 4:37 PM AST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
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</html>Perspectiva sobre las Condiciones Peligrosas del Tiempo Servicio Nacional de Meteorología San Juan PR 438 AM AST viernes 3 de mayo de 2024 AMZ711>745-PRZ001>013-040845- San Juan y Vecindad-Noreste-Sureste-Este Interior- Norte Central-Central Interior-Ponce y Vecindad-Noroeste- Oeste Interior-Mayagüez y Vecindad-Suroeste-Culebra-Vieques- Las aguas cercanas y fuera de la costa del Atlántico y del Caribe- 438 AM AST viernes 3 de mayo de 2024 Esta perspectiva sobre las condiciones peligrosas del tiempo es para sectores de Puerto Rico. .DÍA UNO...Hoy y esta noche .Rayos...Tormentas eléctricas aisladas a dispersas posibles. Esté atento a las tormentas eléctricas en su área y esté preparado para buscar refugio. .Lluvia Excesiva...Inundaciones en áreas urbanas, carreteras, riachuelos y riachuelos. Inundaciones repentinas aisladas posibles. .DÍAS DOS A SIETE...sábado a jueves Se espera que un patrón meteorológico húmedo e inestable persista hasta principios de la próxima semana. Una serie de vaguadas promoverá tormentas eléctricas y lluvia excesiva a través del área, mejorando el potencial de inundaciones a través de las islas. El oleaje impulsado por el viento y una marejada del norte disminuirá mantendrán condiciones peligrosas para embarcaciones pequeñas y corrientes marinas amenazantes a la vida hasta hoy. Una Vigilancia de Inundaciones está en efecto para Puerto Rico hasta el domingo en la tarde. Para más detalles, favor de referirse a (FFASJU y FFASPN). .COMUNICADO INFORMATIVO OBSERVADOR... Se les exhorta a los observadores a reportar. Favor de reportar cualquier información sobre inundaciones, vientos, olas y corrientes marinas al Servicio Nacional de Meteorología en San Juan. AMZ716-726-VIZ001-002-040845- San Thomas San John e islas adyacentes-Santa Cruz- Aguas cercanas a la costa del Atlántico y aguas costeras adyacentes del Caribe- 438 AM AST viernes 3 de mayo de 2024 Esta Perspectiva sobre las Condiciones Peligrosas del Tiempo es para sectores de las Islas Vírgenes Americanas. .DÍA UNO...Hoy y esta noche .Rayos...Tormentas eléctricas aisladas a dispersas posibles. Esté atento a las tormentas eléctricas en su área y esté preparado para buscar refugio. .Lluvia Excesiva...Inundaciones en áreas urbanas, carreteras, riachuelos y riachuelos. Inundaciones repentinas aisladas posibles. .DÍAS DOS A SIETE...sábado a jueves Se espera que un patrón meteorológico húmedo e inestable persista hasta principios de la próxima semana. Una serie de vaguadas promoverá tormentas eléctricas y lluvia excesiva a través del área, mejorando el potencial de inundaciones a través de las islas. El oleaje impulsado por el viento y una marejada del norte disminuirá mantendrán condiciones peligrosas para embarcaciones pequeñas y corrientes marinas amenazantes a la vida hasta hoy. Una Vigilancia de Inundaciones está en efecto para las Islas Vírgenes Americanas hasta el domingo en la tarde. Para más detalles, favor de referirse a (FFASJU y FFASPN). .COMUNICADO INFORMATIVO OBSERVADOR... Se les exhorta a los observadores a reportar. Favor de reportar cualquier información sobre inundaciones, vientos, olas y corrientes marinas al Servicio Nacional de Meteorología en San Juan.
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service San Juan PR
253 PM AST Fri May 3 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 SSE Carolina 18.36N 65.96W
05/03/2024 Carolina PR Emergency Mngr
Emergency Managers reported a fallen tree
affecting road PR-858 KM 1.3 in Bo Cacao,
Carolina. The road is impassable.
&&
ICPPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service San Juan PR
300 PM AST Fri May 3 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 PM Flash Flood 1 WNW La Dolores 18.38N 65.87W
05/03/2024 Rio Grande PR Emergency Mngr
Emergency Managers reported urban flooding
affecting 12A and 45A streets in Villa de
Loiza, Loiza.
&&
ICPPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service San Juan PR
312 PM AST Fri May 3 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0259 PM Flash Flood Hato Candal 18.37N 65.79W
05/03/2024 Rio Grande PR 911 Call Center
911 Call Center reported flash flooding in
Calle 15 at Barrio Carola.
&&
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</html>The San Juan radar (TJUA), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:46 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding was reported at East End Road, near the intersection of Sierra Verde Rd and Ble Water Terrance in eastern St. Croix.
Flash flooding was reported along King Street in Christiansted. The reports included cars affected by flood waters in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in U.S. Virgin Islands in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, May 2024
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1184360, 1184362.