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Flash Flood November 16, 2024 · Las Piedras, Puerto Rico
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Road PR-936 to PR-31 in Barrio Boqueron was closed due to flooding. A sector of the road, over a local creek, was impassable.
The wider storm
By the 16th, moisture remained from a front that passed Puerto Rico and the U.S.
Virgin Islands, and was located southeast of them. A second front was approaching the area and brought additional rain late on the 16th and the 17th. In addition a surface trough and an upper level trough also helped increased flooding risk, and promoted unsettled weather conditions that will lead to flooding rains in several location across the area. Stations over southeast PR (the most affected) reported rainfall between 3-6 inches over that weekend. Several flooding and flash flooding events were reported, including one that sadly led to a fatality.
Began near Las Piedras (18.2187, -65.8313).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1221977. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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