Heavy Rain · Puerto Rico

Heavy Rain March 23, 2009 · Penuelas, Puerto Rico

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy rain and poor drainage led to partial flooding of road 132.

The wider storm

A cold front affected Puerto Rico March 21-22, while a shear line behind the front was responsible for the heavy rain that felt across the area on the 23rd of March. During this period, heavy rain and urban and small stream flooding was reported mainly across the northeast and eastern interior sections of Puerto Rico.

Began near Penuelas (18.0500, -66.7200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 159728. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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