Flood, San Juan
- When
- May 6, 2:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- San Juan County, San Juan
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
Flood in Puerto Rico, May 6, 1999
V. Meteorologist indicated that a small stream in San Juan went out of its banks.
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.
A T.V. Meteorologist indicated that a small stream in San Juan went out of its banks. Several streets were flooded in Caparra, San Patricio, Buchanan and Puerto Nuevo sectors. Few cars stalled on Kennedy Avenue.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 6, 1999
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Georgia, May 6, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 6 to 7, 1999
- High Wind in Ohio, May 6, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, May 6, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 6, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 6, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 6, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 6 to 7, 1999
- Flood in Tennessee, May 6, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 6, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 6, 1999
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, May 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: 5698013.