Heavy Rain, Humacao
- When
- August 12, 5:52 PM AST to 8:00 PM AST
- Where
- Humacao County, Humacao
Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 12, 1997
Civil Defense reported torrential rains in Barrio Punta Santiago and Anton Ruiz of Humacao.
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 torrential rains in Barrio Punta Santiago and Anton Ruiz of Humacao.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Flood and Hail in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- High Wind in New Mexico, August 12, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alaska, August 12 to 13, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 12 to 16, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 12, 1997
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Idaho, August 12, 1997
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, August 1997
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: 5622055.