Flash Flood · Puerto Rico

Flash Flood April 8, 2024 · Naguabo, Puerto Rico

Injuries

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The 911 call center reported that three people were affected by a water surge in Charco El Hippie near Rio Blanco in Naguabo, PR. Emergency managers reported that the three people were rescued.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Naguabo (18.2473, -65.7863).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1167352. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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