Coastal Flood · Puerto Rico

Coastal Flood March 7, 2017 – March 8, 2017 · Eastern Interior, Puerto Rico

What the National Weather Service wrote

Downtown Loiza reported as completely flooded. Coastal erosion and flooding due to hazardous breaking waves.

The wider storm

A strong surface high pressure north of Puerto Rico produced windy conditions across the region. Surface winds between 20 to 25 knots across the coastal waters produced very hazardous marine conditions. A Coastal Flood Warning was in effect due to seas up to 16 feet with periods of 14 seconds resultant from a frontal boundary and very windy conditions.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 681465. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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