Flash Flood · Puerto Rico

Flash Flood September 6, 2017 · Florida, Puerto Rico

$500K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy rainfall associated with Hurricane Irma produced flooding.

The wider storm

Hurricane Irma was a category 5 storm with max winds of 185 mph, mainly confined in the northeast quadrant. The direction of the storm was towards the west northwest. Saint Thomas and Saint John experienced the southern eyewall with winds in excess of 115 mph with Culebra also experiencing Hurricane force gusts in excess of 100 mph. Mainland Puerto Rico, Vieques, and Saint Croix experienced mainly tropical storm force winds. The eye of Irma as it was tracking towards the west-northwest passed 30 miles north of San Juan.

Began near Florida (18.3914, -66.5792).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 721844. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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