Puerto Rico, 2003

Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, July 22, 2003

July 22, 2003 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy showers and gusty winds associated to a strong tropical wave produced urban flooding along road #3.

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 showers and gusty winds associated to a strong tropical wave produced urban flooding along road #3.

Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Northeast

When
July 22, 10:00 AM AST to 10:30 AM AST
Where
Northeast County, Canovanas
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

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

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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: 5373666.