Flash Flood, Arecibo
- When
- May 30, 2:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arecibo County, North Portion
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, May 30, 1998
Civil Defense indicated roads and houses flooded in Arecibo, Barceloneta, Manati and San Sebastian.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $40,000
- 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.
Civil Defense indicated roads and houses flooded in Arecibo, Barceloneta, Manati and San Sebastian.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Aguadilla
- When
- May 30, 2:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aguadilla County, San Sebastian
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, May 30, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 30, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 30, 1998
- Tornado in South Dakota, May 30, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 30 to 31, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 30, 1998
- Tornado in South Dakota, May 30, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 30 to 31, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, May 30, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Minnesota, May 30, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 30 to 31, 1998
- Tornado in South Dakota, May 30, 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: 5657972, 5657973.