Puerto Rico, 1996

Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, May 30, 1996

May 30, 1996 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Civil Defense reported street flooding and that river Rio Culebrinas was out of its banks.

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.

Civil Defense reported street flooding and that river Rio Culebrinas was out of its banks.

Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Aguadilla

When
May 30, 1:20 PM AST to 6:00 PM AST
Where
Aguadilla County, San Sebastian

What these are

Heavy Rain
Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5573578.