Flood and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, January 2 to 3, 1997

Name: Flood and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, January 2 to 3, 1997
Start: 1997-01-02T14:30
End: 1997-01-03T21:30
Location: Puerto Rico

January 2 to 3, 1997 · NWS SJU · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

3 heavy rain, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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.

Event by event

3 heavy rain, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Ponce Juana Diaz

When: January 2, 2:30 PM AST to 3:30 PM AST
Where: Ponce Juana Diaz County, Villalba

Police department reported heavy rains in Villalba.

Heavy Rain, Guayanilla Yauco

When: January 2, 2:30 PM AST to 3:30 PM AST
Where: Guayanilla Yauco County, Sabana Grande

Civil Defense reported heavy rains in Sabana Grande.

Heavy Rain, Vega Baja Manati

When: January 3, 2:47 PM AST to 6:00 PM AST
Where: Vega Baja Manati County, Ciales Morovis

Civil Defense reported heavy rains in Ciales and Morovis.

Flood, Vega Baja Manati

When: January 3, 6:35 PM AST to 9:30 PM AST
Where: Vega Baja Manati County, Barceloneta

Civil Defense reported a small stream out of its banks.

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
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

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Puerto Rico, January 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: 5599295, 5599296, 5599297, 5599298.