Puerto Rico, 1999

Flooding in Puerto Rico, June 16, 1999

June 16, 1999 · NWS SJU · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A merge between Rio Adjuntas and Rio Arecibo went out of its banks flooding a road that intersects Utuado and Adjuntas.

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 merge between Rio Adjuntas and Rio Arecibo went out of its banks flooding a road that intersects Utuado and Adjuntas.

Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Arecibo

When
June 16, 2:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
Where
Arecibo County, Utuado
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

Flood, Ponce

When
June 16, 2:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
Where
Ponce County, Adjuntas
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

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

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, June 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: 5708785, 5708786.