Puerto Rico, 1999

Flooding in Puerto Rico, June 12, 1999

June 12, 1999 · NWS SJU · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Heavy rains caused a small stream to overflow its banks flooding road 853 near Maracuto sector in Carolina.

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.

Heavy rains caused a small stream to overflow its banks flooding road 853 near Maracuto sector in Carolina.

Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, San Juan

When
June 12, 3:00 PM AST to 5:00 PM AST
Where
San Juan County, Carolina
Reported by
NEWSPAPER

Flood, Mayaguez

When
June 12, 3:00 PM AST to 5:00 PM AST
Where
Mayaguez County, Mayaguez
Reported by
NEWSPAPER

A small stream went out of its banks flooding a road near Javilla sector.

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5708794, 5708843.