Flood, Bayamon
- When
- August 9, 12:35 PM AST to 2:35 PM AST
- Where
- Bayamon County, San Juan
- Property damage
- $3,000
Flood in Puerto Rico, August 9, 1997
A band of strong thunderstorms that extended from Loiza to Toa Alta caused heavy rains that flooded some streets in Condado, Ocean Park and Barrio Obrero in Santurce. A house at Enia Street in Villa Palmeras lost its zinc roof and was reported flooded.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- 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 strong thunderstorms that extended from Loiza to Toa Alta caused heavy rains that flooded some streets in Condado, Ocean Park and Barrio Obrero in Santurce. A house at Enia Street in Villa Palmeras lost its zinc roof and was reported flooded. A tree was partialy downed at Cacique Street in Ocean park.
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
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, August 9, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 9, 1997
- Flood and Hail in Nevada, August 9, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Utah, August 9, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, August 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 9, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, August 9, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 9, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, August 9, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, August 9, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, August 9, 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: 5622053.