Flash Flood · Puerto Rico

Flash Flood April 1, 2006 · Northwest, Puerto Rico

$3.0M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Flash flooding forced several families to evacuate their homes in Barrio Borinquen and Camaseyes of Aguadilla. At least 10 families lost all their personal belongings and other 90 suffered partial losses. Roads 459, 467, and 468 reported damage as well as Marina Street and Parterre.

The wider storm

Frontal trough that extended from just south of Dominican Republic northeast across the Mona Passage and then continued northeast into the central Atlantic was responsible for the moderate to heavy rains that affected parts of Puerto Rico from mid afternoon Friday March 31 through the early morning of Saturday April 1.

Began near Aguadilla (18.4667, -67.1167).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5503539. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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