Flash Flood — Ciales, Puerto Rico

2013-05-07 to 2013-05-08 · near Ciales, Ciales, Puerto Rico

Event narrative

Rio Grande De Manati flooded road PR-145.

Wider weather episode

Deep tropical moisture combined with daytime heating and an upper level trough to produced scattered to numerous showers with thunderstorms. Very heavy rain fell over the western interior section of Puerto Rico, which led to several roads closed and several creeks and rivers out of its banks.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 456724. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.