Flood, Bayamon
- When
- August 12, 12:15 PM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Bayamon County, San Juan
Flood in Puerto Rico, August 12, 1997
A band of heavy showers and thunderstorms that extended from Barceloneta to Bayamon produced street flooding in Levittown Toa Baja, Catano, Bayamon, Toa Alta, Dorado and Guaynabo. Street flooding was also reported near Plaza Las Americas in Hato Rey.
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.
A band of heavy showers and thunderstorms that extended from Barceloneta to Bayamon produced street flooding in Levittown Toa Baja, Catano, Bayamon, Toa Alta, Dorado and Guaynabo. Street flooding was also reported near Plaza Las Americas in Hato Rey.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5622054.