Flash Flood · Puerto Rico

Flash Flood August 10, 2010 · Ceiba, Puerto Rico

Death

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A flash flood fatality was reported in Las Tinajas river in Ceiba. USGS river Fajardo sensor recorded a crest of half a foot between 238-253 pm.

The wider storm

A moist southeast flow combined with daytime heating and a weak upper level trough to produce scattered to numerous showers with strong thunderstorms across Puerto Rico.

Began near Ceiba (18.2701, -65.6536).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 256650. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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