Flash Flood · Puerto Rico

Flash Flood May 8, 2012 · Comerio, Puerto Rico

$100K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Extreme flash flooding occured due to Rio La Plata out of its banks. Rio De la Plata flooded also two bridges. One in Road PR-156 at Barrio Higuero where several families were uncommunicated. The other was in the intersection of roads PR-156 and PR-776 in Barrio Rio Hondo.

The wider storm

A subtropical Jet Maxima, combined with an upper level trough and ample moisture at the surface to produce numerous showers with thunderstorms mainly over the central interior and north central sections of Puerto Rico.

Began near Comerio (18.2200, -66.2200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 384282. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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