Puerto Rico, 2017

Flooding in Puerto Rico, April 16, 2017

April 16, 2017 · NWS SJU · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Moist and unstable weather conditions prevailed across the region. The focus of showers and thunderstorms development was along Cordillera Central of PR.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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.

Moist and unstable weather conditions prevailed across the region. The focus of showers and thunderstorms development was along Cordillera Central of PR.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Juan, PR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 16, 3:31 PM AST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 3:31 PM AST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Guayanilla

When
April 16, 6:18 PM AST to 8:30 PM AST
Where
Guayanilla County, 1.17 mi ENE of Guayanilla to 0.72 mi ESE of Guayanilla
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
18.038, -66.764

Rio Guayanilla was reported out of its banks at Barrio Quebrada Honda.

Flood, Naguabo

When
April 16, 7:57 PM AST to 8:00 PM AST
Where
Naguabo County, 2.99 mi W of Naguabo to 3.3 mi W of Naguabo
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
18.215, -65.775

Rio Blanco at exit 22 in the intersection between road PR-31 and PR-53 was reported flooded.

Flood, Yauco

When
April 16, 7:57 PM AST to 8:00 PM AST
Where
Yauco County, 2.98 mi S of Yauco to 2.75 mi S of Yauco
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
18.027, -66.845

Quebrada Barranchin in Yauco was reported out of its banks on road PR-335.

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

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 688557, 695344, 695345.