Flash Flood · Puerto Rico

Flash Flood May 14, 2013 · Yabucoa, Puerto Rico

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Rio Guayanes was reported out of its banks at Calabaza sector.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Yabucoa (18.0566, -65.9008).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 457175. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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