Flash Flood — Orocovis, Puerto Rico

2024-04-08 · near Orocovis, Orocovis, Puerto Rico

$5K

Property damage

Event narrative

Flash flooding was reported by municipal officials along portions of rio Orocovis near the city town in road 568 and in Sector Bajuras. No people trapped were reported.

Wider weather episode

Increase in moisture, remnants of a cold front to our north and a nearby prefrontal surface trough approached the islands and sinked southward, creating favorable weather

conditions for unsettled weather and above normal moisture. These wet and unstable conditions promoted showery weather for the first half of that week. Flooding, Flash Flooding and Landslides were reported.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1167351. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.