Heavy Rain, Mayaguez
- When
- August 22, 5:00 PM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Mayaguez County, Anasco
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 22, 1999
Civil Defense indicated that three girls, from 14 to 16 years old, were swept over Rio Grande de Anasco by a water surge. Two of them were rescued and one drowned.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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.
Civil Defense indicated that three girls, from 14 to 16 years old, were swept over Rio Grande de Anasco by a water surge. Two of them were rescued and one drowned.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Rain, Mayaguez | 1999-08-22 | 16 | Female | In Water | Direct |
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 22, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, August 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, August 22, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, August 22 to 23, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 22, 1999
- Flash Flood in Minnesota, August 22, 1999
- Waterspout in Florida, August 22, 1999
- Waterspout in Florida, August 22, 1999
- Flood in Puerto Rico, August 22, 1999
- Hail in Georgia, August 22, 1999
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, August 1999
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5719304.