Puerto Rico, 1999

Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, December 2 to 3, 1999

December 2 to 3, 1999 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Weather service personnel indicated that La Plata river near Dorado and the Grande de Loiza river in Loiza and Carolina were causing significant 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.

Weather service personnel indicated that La Plata river near Dorado and the Grande de Loiza river in Loiza and Carolina were causing significant flooding.

Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, San Juan

When
December 2, 8:00 PM AST to December 3, 6:00 AM AST
Where
San Juan County, Central Portion
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

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

More

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, December 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5724479.