Heavy Rain, Northeast
- When
- December 21, 3:00 PM AST to 3:30 PM AST
- Where
- Northeast County, Naguabo
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, December 21, 2001
A 19 year old male was at a family picnic along Blanco River in Naguabo, when a sudden water rush swept him away.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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 19 year old male was at a family picnic along Blanco River in Naguabo, when a sudden water rush swept him away.
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
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 21 to 22, 2001
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Alaska, December 21 to 22, 2001
- High Wind in New Mexico, December 21, 2001
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, December 21, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, December 21 to 22, 2001
- Tornado in California, December 21, 2001
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, December 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5275372.