Flash Flood — Lares, Puerto Rico

2013-05-10 · near Lares, Lares, Puerto Rico

Event narrative

Road PR-111 flooded due to heavy rain and Anon creek, Molino creek, Rio Montebello and Rio Guajataca were out of its banks. Some residence were affected in Seburuquillo sector.

Wider weather episode

An upper level trough across the Mona passage generated an outflow boundary, producing very heavy rainfall and strong gusty winds across the San Juan metro area, North Central and Western Interior sections of Puerto Rico. Also, this upper level trough combined with strong daytime heating and favorable upper level dynamics to produce scattered to numerous showers with thunderstorms.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 456997. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.