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Debris Flow April 23, 2024 · Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A 911 reporter informed us that there was a landslide near PR-2 just behind the Taco Bell in the municipality of Toa Baja.

The wider storm

A wet and unstable weather pattern was caused by a surface short-wave trough associated with the remnants of a frontal boundary. The Blended Total Precipitable Water (TPW) Percent of Normal indicated moisture levels exceeding 145% of the climatological normal from the Leeward Islands through the local area. A Saharan Air Layer also helped promote more frequent lightning. Flooding, Landslides (due to high soil saturation) and even a Funnel Cloud were reported under this unsettled weather. By Tuesday (23rd), USGS river sensors still indicate that most rivers over the eastern half of Puerto Rico exceeded the 75th percentile, with half of them surpassing the 90th percentile or well above normal.

Began near Toa Baja (18.4112, -66.2545).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1176374. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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