Heavy Rain, Mayaguez Anasco
- When
- August 29, 3:20 PM AST to 5:00 PM AST
- Where
- Mayaguez Anasco County, Maricao
Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 29, 1997
A strong thunderstorm produced heavy rains. Around three inches of rainfall were reported for the three hour period beginning at 12 noon.
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 strong thunderstorm produced heavy rains. Around three inches of rainfall were reported for the three hour period beginning at 12 noon.
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
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Connecticut, August 29, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 29, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 29, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 29, 1997
- Hail in Wyoming, August 29, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Rhode Island, August 29, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, August 29, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 29, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, August 29, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 29, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, August 29, 1997
- Hail in Missouri, August 29, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5622068.