Flash Flood · Puerto Rico

Flash Flood January 11, 2023 · Bayamon, Puerto Rico

$10K

Damage as recorded

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What the National Weather Service wrote

The 911 call center reported a house being flooded with two people and a pet trapped inside by 4th street, very close to Rio Hondo, with an Auto Zone on the other side of the river.

The wider storm

Slow-moving showers and isolated thunderstorms developed late in the afternoon on the 11th of January. This activity lasted through the evening hours, and rainfall amounts of up to 5 inches were observed in Bayamon. Additional showers affected nearby municipalities and produced flooding across the central and eastern interior sections of Puerto Rico, including the San Juan metropolitan area. However, the most significant impacts were noted across Bayamon.

Began near Bayamon (18.3786, -66.1712).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1067747. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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