Puerto Rico, 2000

Flooding in Puerto Rico, August 25, 2000

August 25, 2000 · NWS SJU · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Urban flooding were reported in Toa Baja, Dorado and Guaynabo.

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.

Urban flooding were reported in Toa Baja, Dorado and Guaynabo.

Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, North Central

When
August 25, 5:00 PM AST to 7:00 PM AST
Where
North Central County, East Portion
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

Flood, San Juan and Vicinity

When
August 25, 5:00 PM AST to 7:00 PM AST
Where
San Juan and Vicinity County, West Portion
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 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, August 2000

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: 5157165, 5157166.