High Surf, Carolina
- When
- April 3, 7:30 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Carolina County, Loiza
- Property damage
- $5,000
Civil Defense reported very heavy surf along road #187 from Pinones to Rio Grande. The road was closed off to traffic.
High Surf in Puerto Rico, April 3 to 4, 1997
3 high surf, as filed by the National Weather Service.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Event by event
3 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
High Surf, Arecibo
- When
- April 3, 7:30 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Arecibo County, Arecibo
Civil Defense reported that the heavy surf at the river Rio Grande de Arecibo mouth was blocking the normal flow of water to the sea, and the river was rising.
High Surf, Aguadilla
- When
- April 3, 9:18 AM AST to April 4, 11:20 AM AST
- Where
- Aguadilla County, Aguada
A reporter from Rincon indicated that some moored boats in Aguada were pushed up onto a nearby road at the time of high tide.
What these are
- High Surf
- Large waves breaking on the shore that caused damage, erosion or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 3, 1997
- Flooding in Wisconsin, April 3 to 21, 1997
- Flood in North Dakota, April 3 to 5, 1997
- Flooding in Minnesota, April 3 to 21, 1997
- Flood in North Dakota, April 3 to 5, 1997
- Flood in North Dakota, April 3 to 5, 1997
- Tornado and Debris Flow in Idaho, April 3 to 30, 1997
- High Wind in Washington, April 3, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Washington, April 3, 1997
- Flooding in Wisconsin, April 3 to 10, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Dust Devil in Arizona, April 3 to 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, April 3 to 4, 1997
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5603084, 5603085, 5603086.