Debris Flow — Western Interior, Puerto Rico

2008-11-23 · Western Interior, Puerto Rico

Event narrative

Emergency Management oficials reported mudslides covernig road 128 and road 124 in the municipality of Lares,with roads closed.

Wider weather episode

Abundant low level moisture associated with the remnants of a frontal boundary combined with daytime heating and orographic effects to produced scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across the eastern interior and western interior sections of Puerto Rico.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 142717. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.