Flash Flood, Humacao
- When
- January 3, 12:00 PM AST to 5:00 PM AST
- Where
- Humacao County, Rio Grande
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, January 3, 1998
Heavy rains over the Espiritu Santo river basin in Rio Grande produced a water crest that swept down the river a swimmer.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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.
Heavy rains over the Espiritu Santo river basin in Rio Grande produced a water crest that swept down the river a swimmer.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Humacao | 1998-01-03 | 14 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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
- Avalanche in Idaho, January 3, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, January 3 to 4, 1998
- Ice Storm in Kansas, January 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 3, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 3, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 3 to 5, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, January 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Oregon, January 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Oregon, January 3, 1998
- Winter Storm in Washington, January 3, 1998
- Heat in Connecticut, January 3, 1998
- Heat in Massachusetts, January 3, 1998
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, January 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: 5631841.