Flood — Las Piedras, Puerto Rico

2022-11-15 · near Las Piedras, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico

Event narrative

Three people were trapped in their car due to flooding on road 183, near the Las Carmelas factory.

Wider weather episode

The combination of a low-level trough from the east and an upper-level trough produced scattered to locally numerous showers and thunderstorms across eastern Puerto Rico on November 15th. The doppler radar estimated up to 6 inches of rain in Yabucoa.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1067572. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.