Flash Flood — Canovanas, Puerto Rico

2017-09-06 · near Canovanas, Canovanas, Puerto Rico

$500K

Property damage

Event narrative

Heavy rain resulted in flash flooding.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 721939. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.