Flash Flood, Mayaguez
- When
- August 11, 1:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Mayaguez County, Northwest Portion
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, August 11, 1998
Flooding was observed near coastal sites and in the vicinity of the rivers in Anasco and Mayaguez. Many streets and roads were flooded in downtown Mayaguez.
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.
Flooding was observed near coastal sites and in the vicinity of the rivers in Anasco and Mayaguez. Many streets and roads were flooded in downtown Mayaguez.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, August 1998
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: 5663939.