Flash Flood — Cidra, Puerto Rico

2016-08-05 · near Cidra, Cidra, Puerto Rico

Event narrative

Road PR-172 near sector la Peninsula was flooded. Also, s house was affected by the flooding.

Wider weather episode

A moist and light southeast wind flow, combined with strong daytime, local effects and a tropical wave to produced scattered to numerous showers across the Eastern interior sections of Puerto Rico. These showers were slow-movers. As a result, high rainfall accumulations occurs at Cidra municipality.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 658835. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.