Puerto Rico, 2000

Flood in Puerto Rico, June 12, 2000

June 12, 2000 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A weather service employee reported street flooding and nearly two inches of rain in Rio Grande.

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 weather service employee reported street flooding and nearly two inches of rain in Rio Grande.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Humacao

When
June 12, 1:00 PM AST to 3:00 PM AST
Where
Humacao County, Rio Grande
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

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: 5152854.