Flash Flood, San Juan
- When
- April 16, 6:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- San Juan County, North Portion
- Property damage
- $50,000
Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, April 16, 1998
A nearly stationary cold front produced widespread precipitation across the north and east sections of Puerto Rico during most of the day. The municipalities most affected were Vega Alta and Manati where several roads and houses were flooded.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 nearly stationary cold front produced widespread precipitation across the north and east sections of Puerto Rico during most of the day. The municipalities most affected were Vega Alta and Manati where several roads and houses were flooded. A landslide was reported in Naranjito.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Arecibo
- When
- April 16, 6:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arecibo County, Northeast Portion
- Property damage
- $50,000
Flash Flood, Humacao
- When
- April 16, 6:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Humacao County, North Portion
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.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5652808, 5652809, 5652810.