Heavy Rain · Puerto Rico

Heavy Rain May 15, 2013 · Las Piedras, Puerto Rico

$500

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

One line of Road PR-948 was reported impassable due to a mudslide over the area.

The wider storm

An upper level trough passed north of Puerto Rico during the afternoon. This trough, kept unstable atmospheric conditions, combined with daytime heating and sea breeze convergence to produce scattered to numerous showers over the southeast and western interior sections of Puerto Rico. Total rainfall accumulation were between two to four inches mainly in Las Piedras municipality.

Began near Las Piedras (18.2344, -65.8553).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 457183. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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