Flash Flood, La Plato Dorado
- When
- February 8, 5:00 PM AST to 8:00 PM AST
- Where
- La Plato Dorado County, Dorado and Vega Alta
Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, February 8, 1996
HEAVY RAINS OVER THE NORTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO. THE RAINS AFFECTED MAINLY THE MUNICIPALITIES OF DORADO AND VEGA ALTA.
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 OVER THE NORTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO. THE RAINS AFFECTED MAINLY THE MUNICIPALITIES OF DORADO AND VEGA ALTA. CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS REPORTED THE EVACUATION OF 16 HOMES IN BARRIO BRENAS IN VEGA ALTA.
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
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 8, 1996
- Flood in Idaho, February 8 to 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 8 to 11, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, February 8, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, February 8 to 9, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, February 8, 1996
- Flood in Idaho, February 8 to 20, 1996
- Flood in Montana, February 8 to 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, February 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, February 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, February 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, February 8, 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: 5566789.