Flash Flood · Puerto Rico

Flash Flood October 16, 2019 · Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Emergency managers reported that half a bridge fell after a water surge. This occurred at Road PR-524 in Barrio Pellejas near central Pellejas. A few families were trapped given that the road was impassible.

The wider storm

An upper-level trough over the area combined with light steering flow, sufficient low-level moisture, and local and diurnal effects to result in the development of heavy showers and thunderstorms across most of interior Puerto Rico.

Began near Adjuntas (18.2047, -66.7035).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 859326. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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