Puerto Rico, 1998

Flood in Puerto Rico, December 27, 1998

December 27, 1998 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An upper level trough in the vicinity of Puerto Rico produced very heavy rains and urban flooding in the vicinity of Naguabo. Road 31 was impassable due to flooding.

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.

An upper level trough in the vicinity of Puerto Rico produced very heavy rains and urban flooding in the vicinity of Naguabo. Road 31 was impassable due to flooding.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Humacao

When
December 27, 8:00 AM AST to 10:00 AM AST
Where
Humacao County, Naguabo
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

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

More

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, December 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: 5674167.