Flash Flood, Humacao
- When
- August 24, 3:00 PM AST to 9:30 PM AST
- Where
- Humacao County, Humacao
Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, August 24, 1997
Showers and thunderstorm associated with a tropical wave interacting with an upper level low produced heavy rains over the eastern section of Puerto Rico. Around four inches of rain fell in Humacao and road 831 was closed due to flooding.
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.
Showers and thunderstorm associated with a tropical wave interacting with an upper level low produced heavy rains over the eastern section of Puerto Rico. Around four inches of rain fell in Humacao and road 831 was closed due to flooding.
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.
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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: 5622066.