Flash Flood · Puerto Rico

Flash Flood November 7, 2011 · Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Deaths

$25K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A van with 10 inmates and 2 guards was overturned by a rush of water flowing down a dry gut. From the 12 passengers, 4 were rescued, 2 guards and 2 inmates, 8 bodies were recovered. According to EMS officials, the dry gut was already swollen and flooded the nearby area before the van tried to travel through at the Sabana Hoyo ward near the Cordova sector in Arecibo.

The wider storm

A Large low pressure southwest of Bermuda maintained a trough across the local area which resulted in an unstable air mass. An active afternoon followed with the development of showers and thunderstorms, some which produced very heavy rainfall and small stream flooding mainly over the municipalities of Arecibo and San Sebastian.

Began near Arecibo (18.3794, -66.5968).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 346784. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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