Puerto Rico, 1999

Flood in Puerto Rico, June 19, 1999

June 19, 1999 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Civil Defense reported a landslide and flooding on road 354 in 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.

Civil Defense reported a landslide and flooding on road 354 in Mayaguez.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Mayaguez

When
June 19, 2:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
Where
Mayaguez County, Mayaguez
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

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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: 5708788.