Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms developed during the early afternoon between the municipalities of Aibonito and Barranquitas. The heavy rains inland over the central interior caused a sudden water surge down the Coamo river that overtook a couple riding a four track vehicle.
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The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms developed during the early afternoon between the municipalities of Aibonito and Barranquitas. The heavy rains inland over the central interior caused a sudden water surge down the Coamo river that overtook a couple riding a four track vehicle. One of them managed to escape and reached the river bank, the other grabbed some bamboo trees, and was later rescued.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Juan, PR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 30, 10:38 AM AST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 642 AM AST THU SEP 30 2010 AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-011000- SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- THE NEARSHORE AND OFF SHORE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS- 642 AM AST THU SEP 30 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A PAIR OF TROPICAL WAVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC HAVE A LOW CHANCE OF DEVELOPING INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY DEVELOP INTO TROPICAL CYCLONES OR NOT...THESE TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK THAT COULD LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-011000- ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS- 642 AM AST THU SEP 30 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A PAIR OF TROPICAL WAVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC HAVE A LOW CHANCE OF DEVELOPING INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY DEVELOP INTO TROPICAL CYCLONES OR NOT...THESE TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK THAT COULD LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms inland between the municipalities of Aibonito and Barranquitas caused a rapid water rise along the Coamo River near road 153, two person riding a four track vehicle were overtaken by the surge, but were rescued later.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, September 2010
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