Flash Flood · Puerto Rico

Flash Flood May 23, 2021 · Humacao, Puerto Rico

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Various roads were flooded along Urbanization Verde Mar.

The wider storm

A deep mid and level trough north of the area combined with a frontal boundary near the area to result in periods of enhanced shower and thunderstorm activity. During the afternoon hours of 5/21 and 5/22, severe thunderstorms developed across interior Puerto Rico, then during the predawn hours of 5/23, an area of very heavy rainfall activity affected the coastal municipalities of eastern PR.

Began near Humacao (18.1606, -65.7657).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 959322. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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