Flood, San Juan
- When
- March 29, 3:00 PM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- San Juan County, Bayamon
- Property damage
- $5,000
Flood in Puerto Rico, March 29, 1998
Urban and small stream flooding were reported in Bayamon, Catano, and San Juan. Several houses and roads were flooded.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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.
Urban and small stream flooding were reported in Bayamon, Catano, and San Juan. Several houses and roads were flooded. Street flooding in poor drainage areas was observed in Carolina and Trujillo Alto.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
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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: 5652802.