A cold front was extending from the West Central Atlantic south southwest through the Mona Passage. Ahead of the front, low level wind flow and moisture posed a threat of slow moving rain cells and flash flood potential.
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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.
The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
A cold front was extending from the West Central Atlantic south southwest through the Mona Passage. Ahead of the front, low level wind flow and moisture posed a threat of slow moving rain cells and flash flood potential. Scattered to numerous showers were detected by doppler radar across the northern and southeastern sections of Puerto Rico leading to localized heavy rain and urban flooding.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway 2 between Vega Alta and Vega Baja, underneath the Highway 22 bridge was reported flooded.
A person was sleeping on a low water bridge and was overtaken by a sudden water crest at Barrio Espino in San Lorenzo, Hilario Perez sector, along road 181, Km. 13 from San Lorenzo to Patillas.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood, San Lorenzo | 2009-01-22 | 63 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 152663, 144545.