Flood, San Juan
- When
- September 18, 3:00 PM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- San Juan County, San Juan
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Flood in Puerto Rico, September 18, 1998
Puerto Nuevo river overflows its banks flooding nearby sectors.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- 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.
Puerto Nuevo river overflows its banks flooding nearby sectors.
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
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- Hail in Kentucky, September 18, 1998
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, September 18, 1998
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- Hail in Indiana, September 18, 1998
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More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, September 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: 5672082.