Flood, San Juan
- When
- May 14, 1:30 PM AST to 3:30 PM AST
- Where
- San Juan County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Flooding in Puerto Rico, May 14, 1998
Heavy rains produced urban flooding along the north coast of Puerto Rico from Catano to Manati. Several residences in Dorado and Manati were affected by the waters.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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.
Heavy rains produced urban flooding along the north coast of Puerto Rico from Catano to Manati. Several residences in Dorado and Manati were affected by the waters.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Arecibo
- When
- May 14, 1:30 PM AST to 3:30 PM AST
- Where
- Arecibo County, Manati
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 14 to 15, 1998
- High Wind in Kansas, May 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 14, 1998
- Hail in South Dakota, May 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, May 14, 1998
- High Wind in New Mexico, May 14, 1998
- High Wind in Oklahoma, May 14, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, May 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 14, 1998
- Hail in Texas, May 14 to 15, 1998
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, May 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: 5657957, 5657958.