Heavy Rain — Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

2015-09-04 · near Adjuntas, Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

Event narrative

Mudslide completely covered road 129 at km 38.

Wider weather episode

An upper level trough lingered over the area. This feature produced favorable atmospheric conditions for the development of showers and thunderstorms. These showers and thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall over Adjuntas municipality, where soil were already saturated.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 602893. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.