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Flash Flood November 11, 2020 · Las Piedras, Puerto Rico

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Emergency managers reported multiple streams out of their banks affecting portions of Road PR-31. Portions of the road were impassable. Flood waters affected various houses.

The wider storm

Very deep tropical moisture pulled up by the circulation of Tropical Cyclone Eta as it was moving across Cuba and into Southern Florida moved over the area. As a result, environmental conditions were very favorable for multiple days of heavy shower activity. A tropical wave was also injected into Eta's moisture plume, further enhancing the moisture content across the local area between 11/10 and 11/11.

Began near Las Piedras (18.2337, -65.8588).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 930377. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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