Flash Flood, San Juan
- When
- August 28, 1:00 PM AST to 5:00 PM AST
- Where
- San Juan County, North Portion
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, August 28, 1998
Heavy rains associated with hurricane Danielle when it was passing northeast of the region produced several flooded roads and landslides in Bayamon, Guaynabo, Toa Alta, and Vega Alta. Various streams in Bayamon and Guaynabo went out of their banks flooding adjacent roads.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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.
Heavy rains associated with hurricane Danielle when it was passing northeast of the region produced several flooded roads and landslides in Bayamon, Guaynabo, Toa Alta, and Vega Alta. Various streams in Bayamon and Guaynabo went out of their banks flooding adjacent roads. In sector los Barros in Bayamon a house was partially damaged due to the collapse of a holding wall.
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
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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: 5663944.