Flash Flood, Western Interior
- When
- September 21, 2:00 PM AST to 3:30 PM AST
- Where
- Western Interior County, Lares
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, September 21, 2001
Heavy rains caused Rio Blanco in Lares to overflow its banks, flooding nearby areas. Various landslides were also reported.
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.
Heavy rains caused Rio Blanco in Lares to overflow its banks, flooding nearby areas. Various landslides were also reported.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 21, 2001
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Michigan, September 21, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, September 21, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, September 21, 2001
- Hail in Texas, September 21, 2001
- Hail in Michigan, September 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 21, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, September 21 to 22, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Connecticut, September 21, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, September 21, 2001
- Funnel Cloud in Wisconsin, September 21, 2001
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, September 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: 5269125.