Flood in Puerto Rico, January 25, 2003

Name: Flood in Puerto Rico, January 25, 2003
Start: 2003-01-25T12:30
End: 2003-01-25T18:30
Location: Puerto Rico

January 25, 2003 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Large northwest swells did not allow water from the Arecibo river to discharge out to sea. Caño Santiago in Arecibo was reported backing up and flooding the Rodriguez Olmo park area.

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.

Large northwest swells did not allow water from the Arecibo river to discharge out to sea. Caño Santiago in Arecibo was reported backing up and flooding the Rodriguez Olmo park area.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, North Central

When: January 25, 12:30 PM AST to 6:30 PM AST
Where: North Central forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

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

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Puerto Rico, January 2003

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: 5340119.