Flood, Mayaguez
- When
- June 8, 2:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Mayaguez County, Central Portion
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Flood in Puerto Rico, June 8, 1999
Civil Defense indicated that heavy rains prompted a small stream to overflow its banks flooding various roads between Cabo Rojo and San German. A car was swept away by the waters.
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 indicated that heavy rains prompted a small stream to overflow its banks flooding various roads between Cabo Rojo and San German. A car was swept away by the waters. The occupant was rescued without injuries.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 8 to 9, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Florida, June 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 8 to 18, 1999
- Hail in Minnesota, June 8, 1999
- Flash Flood and Flood in Wisconsin, June 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 8 to 9, 1999
- Lightning Strikes in Maine, June 8, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, June 8, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, June 8 to 9, 1999
- Hail in Minnesota, June 8, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, June 8, 1999
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5708778.