Flood, Bayamon
- When
- July 31, 2:00 PM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Bayamon County, San Juan
Flood in Puerto Rico, July 31, 1997
Thunderstorms with very heavy rain produced urban flooding in Puerto Nuevo. Streets 52 and 54 in Reparto Metropolitano were reported flooded as well as parts of the De Diego Avenue.
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.
Thunderstorms with very heavy rain produced urban flooding in Puerto Nuevo. Streets 52 and 54 in Reparto Metropolitano were reported flooded as well as parts of the De Diego Avenue.
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
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- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 31, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Nebraska, July 31, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, July 31, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, July 31, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 31, 1997
- Wildfire and Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 31, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 31, 1997
- Cold in Georgia, July 31, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, July 31, 1997
- Hail in Florida, July 31, 1997
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 31, 1997
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, July 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5622227.