Flash Flood, Northwest
- When
- November 4, 3:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Northwest County, Hatillo
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, November 4, 2001
Emergency Managers indicated Rio Camuy in Hatillo was out of its banks. Flooding was reported over Campo Alegre sector in Hatillo.
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.
Emergency Managers indicated Rio Camuy in Hatillo was out of its banks. Flooding was reported over Campo Alegre sector in Hatillo.
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
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, November 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: 5272510.