Flash Flood, Aguadilla
- When
- September 6, 1:00 PM AST to 5:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aguadilla County, Southeast Portion
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, September 6, 1998
A river in San Sebastian was out of its banks flooding a nearby road. Landslides were observed in Moca.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
A river in San Sebastian was out of its banks flooding a nearby road. Landslides were observed in Moca. Various streets in Cabo Rojo and Hormigueros were impassable due to fallen trees.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Mayaguez
- When
- September 6, 1:00 PM AST to 5:00 PM AST
- Where
- Mayaguez County, South Portion
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, September 6 to 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, September 6 to 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, September 6 to 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, September 6, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, September 6 to 7, 1998
- Flood and Hail in North Carolina, September 6, 1998
- Tropical Storm in Texas, September 6 to 11, 1998
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in Idaho, September 6, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Vermont, September 6, 1998
- Hail in Wisconsin, September 6, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, September 6, 1998
- Hail in West Virginia, September 6, 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: 5672073, 5672074.