Flood, San Juan
- When
- November 2, 1:00 PM AST
- Where
- San Juan County, San Juan
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Flood in Puerto Rico, November 2, 1998
Heavy rains produced urban flooding in the San Juan Metropolitan Area. Several cars stalled crossing flooded roads.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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.
Heavy rains produced urban flooding in the San Juan Metropolitan Area. Several cars stalled crossing flooded roads.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in California, November 2, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nebraska, November 2 to 5, 1998
- Dense Fog in Florida, November 2, 1998
- Flooding in Oklahoma, November 2 to 4, 1998
- Winter Weather in Nebraska, November 2, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Utah, November 2 to 3, 1998
- Flood in Oklahoma, November 2 to 15, 1998
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, November 2, 1998
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, November 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: 5671370.