Flood, Southeast
- When
- August 26, 8:30 AM AST to 10:00 AM AST
- Where
- Southeast County, Guayama
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Flood in Puerto Rico, August 26, 2001
Heavy rains caused various streets and houses flooded in Guayama downtown area.
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 rains caused various streets and houses flooded in Guayama downtown area.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, August 26, 2001
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 26, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 26 to 27, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 26, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 26, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 26, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 26, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 26, 2001
- Hail in Minnesota, August 26, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Ohio, August 26, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 26, 2001
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, August 2001
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: 5264450.