Puerto Rico, 1999

Flood in Puerto Rico, August 20, 1999

August 20, 1999 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A skywarn spotter reported some streets flooded and impassable in downtown Mayaguez..

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.

A skywarn spotter reported some streets flooded and impassable in downtown Mayaguez..

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Mayaguez

When
August 20, 1:00 PM AST to 2:30 PM AST
Where
Mayaguez County, Mayaguez
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

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

More

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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: 5719301.