Flash Flood, Central Interior
- When
- November 1, 3:00 PM AST to 5:00 PM AST
- Where
- Central Interior County, Barranquitas
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, November 1, 2000
Heavy rain caused several streams in Barranquitas to overflow their banks. A car was swept away by the waters.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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 caused several streams in Barranquitas to overflow their banks. A car was swept away by the waters. Its occupant was rescued unharmed. In Palo Incado sector various residences were affected by the waters.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Texas, November 1 to 30, 2000
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, November 1 to 2, 2000
- Tornado in North Dakota, November 1, 2000
- Winter Storm in Montana, November 1 to 2, 2000
- Blizzard and High Wind in Wyoming, November 1, 2000
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, November 1, 2000
- Tornado in North Dakota, November 1, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, November 1, 2000
- Drought in North Carolina, November 1 to 30, 2000
- Tornado in North Dakota, November 1, 2000
- Tornado in North Dakota, November 1, 2000
- Tornado in Minnesota, November 1, 2000
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, November 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: 5162187.