Heavy Rain, San Juan
- When
- May 5, 10:30 AM AST to 11:30 AM AST
- Where
- San Juan County, San Juan
- Injuries
- 7 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, May 5, 2000
Heavy rain across the San Juan metropolitan area caused a water rush in Puerto Nuevo river. Four children between 6 to 11 years old were were swept away by the waters and later rescued by police personnel.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 7
- 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.
Heavy rain across the San Juan metropolitan area caused a water rush in Puerto Nuevo river. Four children between 6 to 11 years old were were swept away by the waters and later rescued by police personnel. Four policemen and three children suffered minor injuries.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail in North Dakota, May 5, 2000
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- Hail in Idaho, May 5, 2000
- Hail in Arkansas, May 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 5, 2000
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: 5147276.