Heavy Rain, North Central
- When
- January 30, 9:00 AM AST to 5:10 PM AST
- Where
- North Central County, Vega Alta
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
River Cibuco level was reported to be high and rising.
Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, January 30, 2005
1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
The radar
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Event by event
1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, North Central
- When
- January 30, 1:45 PM AST to 5:10 PM AST
- Where
- North Central County, Vega Alta
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 18.417, -66.333
Some flooding problems were reported along River Cibuco, Fatima sector in Vega Alta.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
- 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 30 to 31, 2005
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 30, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 30 to 31, 2005
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 30, 2005
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 30, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Texas, January 30 to 31, 2005
- Winter Storm in New Mexico, January 30 to 31, 2005
- Hail in Texas, January 30, 2005
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 30 to 31, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 30 to 31, 2005
- Ice Storm in Maryland, January 30, 2005
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, January 30, 2005
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: 5436073, 5436072.