Flash Flood — Yabucoa, Puerto Rico

2013-05-14 · near Yabucoa, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico

Event narrative

A bridge collapsed due to a creek out of its banks and families were uncommunicated.

Wider weather episode

An upper level trough combined with strong daytime heating, orographic affects and a southeast wind flow at the surface, to produce persistent showers with torrential rainfall mainly over the southeast section of Puerto Rico.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 457174. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.