Flash Flood, Aguadilla
- When
- September 2, 2:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aguadilla County, San Sebastian
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, September 2, 1998
A small stream in Lares went out of its banks flooding nearby houses. In San german and San Sebastian other streams were also reported out of their banks.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A small stream in Lares went out of its banks flooding nearby houses. In San german and San Sebastian other streams were also reported out of their banks. Landslides were reported in San German.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Arecibo
- When
- September 2, 2:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arecibo County, Lares
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Flash Flood, Mayaguez
- When
- September 2, 2:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Mayaguez County, San German
- 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
- Hurricane in Florida, September 2 to 3, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, September 2, 1998
- Hurricane in Florida, September 2 to 3, 1998
- Tornadoes in Florida, September 2 to 30, 1998
- Tropical Storm in Alabama, September 2 to 3, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, September 2, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in California, September 2, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, September 2, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in California, September 2, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, September 2, 1998
- Tropical Storm in Louisiana, September 2, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Florida, September 2, 1998
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: 5672067, 5672068, 5672069.