Flood, Mayaguez
- When
- September 5, 2:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Mayaguez County, San German
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Flood in Puerto Rico, September 5, 1998
Several roads in Cabo Rojo and San German were flooded. In Cabo Rojo, Boqueron and Monte Grande sectors experienced localized flooding.
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.
Several roads in Cabo Rojo and San German were flooded. In Cabo Rojo, Boqueron and Monte Grande sectors experienced localized flooding.
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
- Flash Flood in Utah, September 5, 1998
- Flooding in Utah, September 5, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 5, 1998
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Arizona, September 5, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, September 5, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, September 5, 1998
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, September 5, 1998
- Waterspout in Florida, September 5, 1998
- Flood in Arizona, September 5, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 5, 1998
- Heat in Alabama, September 5, 1998
- Tornado in Nevada, September 5, 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: 5672072.