Puerto Rico, 2003

Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, July 1, 2003

July 1, 2003 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A person reported heavy rain and urban flooding along the Las Americas Ave. and El Tuque sector.

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.

A person reported heavy rain and urban flooding along the Las Americas Ave. and El Tuque sector.

Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Ponce and Vicinity

When
July 1, 1:20 PM AST to 2:20 PM AST
Where
Ponce and Vicinity County, Central Portion
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

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

More

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, July 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: 5373583.