Heavy Rain — Moca, Puerto Rico

2015-09-23 · near Moca, Moca, Puerto Rico

Event narrative

Persistent heavy rains resulted in a mudslide at road 110 near El Mirador.

Wider weather episode

An upper level trough persisted to the north of the local area resulting in numerous showers with scattered thunderstorms across the northern half of Puerto Rico. Very heavy rain with excessive lightning were observed over this area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 603070. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.