Flash Flood · Puerto Rico

Flash Flood April 8, 2023 · San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico

$10K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A vehicle was trapped over a bridge in Road PR-181, near Escuela Vocacional Antonio Fernos. Two adults were rescued by emergency managers.

The wider storm

Unsettled weather with numerous showers and thunderstorms were observed due to an upper level cut-off low strengthening northwest of Puerto Rico. Strong divergence aloft resulted in hail, and the heavy rain left flooding, mudslides and rivers overflowing.

Began near San Lorenzo (18.1986, -65.9640).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1085347. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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