Debris Flow, Central Interior
- When
- November 23, 4:55 AM AST
- Where
- Central Interior forecast zone
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
Emergency Management official reported Mudslides covering road 155 in the municipality of Naranjito.
Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, November 23, 2008
Abundant low level moisture associated with the remnants of a frontal boundary combined with daytime heating and orographic effects to produced scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across the eastern interior and western interior sections of Puerto Rico.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
Abundant low level moisture associated with the remnants of a frontal boundary combined with daytime heating and orographic effects to produced scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across the eastern interior and western interior sections of Puerto Rico.
Event by event
2 debris flow. Local standard time, as filed.
Debris Flow, Western Interior
- When
- November 23, 4:55 AM AST
- Where
- Western Interior forecast zone
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
Emergency Management oficials reported mudslides covernig road 128 and road 124 in the municipality of Lares,with roads closed.
What these are
- Debris Flow
- A fast-moving slurry of mud, rock and debris, usually on a slope soaked by heavy rain or stripped by a fire.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 142716, 142717.