Flash Flood, Ponce Juana Diaz
- When
- February 22, 4:00 PM AST to 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Ponce Juana Diaz County, Juana Diaz to Anasco
Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, February 22, 1996
HEAVY RAINS AFFECTED THE SOUTH AND WEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO CAUSING A RIVER (RIO GUAYO) TO OVERFLOW IN JUANA DIAZ. THESE RAINS ALSO CAUSED THE BLOCKAGED OF ROADS #402 AND #109 IN ANASCO DUE TO PONDING OF WATER AND OVERLOWING OF SMALL STREAMS.
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.
HEAVY RAINS AFFECTED THE SOUTH AND WEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO CAUSING A RIVER (RIO GUAYO) TO OVERFLOW IN JUANA DIAZ. THESE RAINS ALSO CAUSED THE BLOCKAGED OF ROADS #402 AND #109 IN ANASCO DUE TO PONDING OF WATER AND OVERLOWING OF SMALL STREAMS.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Colorado, February 22, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 22, 1996
- Dense Fog in Vermont, February 22 to 23, 1996
- Tornado in California, February 22, 1996
- Ice Storm in North Dakota, February 22, 1996
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, February 22 to 23, 1996
- Ice Storm in North Dakota, February 22 to 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, February 22, 1996
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 22, 1996
- Flooding in Maine, February 22 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 22 to 24, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, February 22 to 23, 1996
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, February 1996
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5566791.