Flash Flood, San Juan and Vicinity
- When
- September 5, 3:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- San Juan and Vicinity County, San Juan
- Reported by
- METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)
Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, September 5, 2000
A T. V.
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 T. V. Meteorologist reported about four inches of rain in Hato Rey sector causing Puerto Nuevo River to flood its banks.
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
- Tropical Storm in Guam, September 5 to 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, September 5, 2000
- Wildfire and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 5 to 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 5, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 5, 2000
- Wildfire in Texas, September 5 to 6, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Oregon, September 5 to 6, 2000
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, September 5, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, September 5 to 6, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, September 5, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 5, 2000
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: 5158809.