Flash Flood, Humacao
- When
- December 28, 5:00 PM AST to 7:00 PM AST
- Where
- Humacao County, Rio Grande
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, December 28, 1998
A nearly stationary upper level trough produced heavy rains across the eastern sections of Puerto Rico during the afternoon. Flooding was observed in Jimenes and La Ponderosa sectors in Rio Grande and in Beatriz sector in Cayey where several families had to be relocated.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 upper level trough produced heavy rains across the eastern sections of Puerto Rico during the afternoon. Flooding was observed in Jimenes and La Ponderosa sectors in Rio Grande and in Beatriz sector in Cayey where several families had to be relocated.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, San Juan
- When
- December 28, 8:00 PM AST to 10:00 PM AST
- Where
- San Juan County, Cayey
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in Florida, December 28, 1998
- High Wind in Wyoming, December 28, 1998
- High Wind in Wyoming, December 28, 1998
- High Wind in Montana, December 28, 1998
- Flooding in Washington, December 28 to 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 28 to 30, 1998
- Flood in Oregon, December 28, 1998
- High Wind in Colorado, December 28, 1998
- High Wind in New Mexico, December 28, 1998
- Waterspout in Hawaii, December 28, 1998
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5674168, 5674169.