Puerto Rico, 2000

Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, September 23, 2000

September 23, 2000 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A spotter from Hormigueros reported Rosario river out of its banks between roads 319 and 114.

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 spotter from Hormigueros reported Rosario river out of its banks between roads 319 and 114.

Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Mayaguez and Vicinity

When
September 23, 6:00 PM AST to 8:00 PM AST
Where
Mayaguez and Vicinity County, Hormigueros
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

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

More

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, September 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: 5157553.