Flood — Caguas, Puerto Rico

2024-02-06 · near Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico

Event narrative

Flooding was reported at PR-1, in front of Alberic Motors.

Wider weather episode

A deep-layered trough along with several frontal boundaries was approaching the Caribbean Islands in the first week of February. The winds became light and from the south-southwest, pulling plenty of moisture from the Caribbean Sea. First, several clusters of showers moved across western Puerto Rico, but the rain then spread eastward during the day. In the evening hours, the rain reached the Virgin Islands, with pulses of heavy rain observed. The next day was wet as well, although not as intense, with several periods of continuous light to moderate showers. In Puerto Rico, the areas around Caguas collected up to 5 inches, while 3 to 5 inches fell in general in the east, interior and west. A few rivers reached flood stage with this event, but the main impacts were associated with strong gusty winds that resulted in reports of several tree limbs in the ground.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1163092. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.