Flash Flood · Puerto Rico

Flash Flood February 4, 2017 · Hatillo, Puerto Rico

$1.0M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The proximity of a subtropical jet induced an upper level short wave trough. These features combined with a surge of surface moisture and local effects to produced widespread showers across the interior and northern sections of Puerto Rico.

The wider storm

An upper disturbance located to the north of the region in combination with a surge of moisture within the prevailing trades produced locally and diurnally induced afternoon showers across portions of interior and western PR. During the late afternoon through early evening hours, the shower activity then became focused across the municipalities of North Central PR.

Began near Hatillo (18.4739, -66.7761).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 681254. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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