A light southeast wind flow combined with deep tropical moisture to produce scattered to numerous showers with thunderstorms across the western interior section of Puerto Rico. Torrential rainfall was observed with rainfall accumulations between 4 to 5 inches in two hours reported in the municipality of San Sebastian.
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The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
A light southeast wind flow combined with deep tropical moisture to produce scattered to numerous showers with thunderstorms across the western interior section of Puerto Rico. Torrential rainfall was observed with rainfall accumulations between 4 to 5 inches in two hours reported in the municipality of San Sebastian. Several creeks and rivers were out of its banks producing several damages to houses and commercial buildings.
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 Nov 13, 11:03 AM AST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
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</html>PERSPECTIVAS SOBRE CONDICIONES PELIGROSAS DEL TIEMPO...CORRECCION SERVICIO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA SAN JUAN PR 517 AM AST DOMINGO 13 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2016 AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-141000- SAN JUAN Y VECINDAD-NORESTE-SURESTE- ESTE INTERIOR-NORTE CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE Y VECINDAD- NOROESTE-OESTE INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ Y VECINDAD-SUROESTE-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- AGUAS COSTERAS Y MAR AFUERA DEL ATLANTICO Y DEL CARIBE- 517 AM AST DOMINGO 13 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2016 ESTA PERSPECTIVA SOBRE LAS CONDICIONES DEL TIEMPO PELIGROSAS ES PARA PUERTO RICO Y LAS AGUAS COSTERAS ADYACENTES DEL ATLANTICO. .DIA UNO...HOY Y ESTA NOCHE .TRONADAS...EXISTE UN POTENCIAL DE TRONADAS CON LLUVIAS FUERTES Y VIENTOS EN RAFAGAS BREVES ESTA TARDE PARTICULARMENTE A TRAVES DEL INTERIOR Y OESTE DE PUERTO RICO. SIN EMBARGO...SE PRONOSTICAN TRONADAS AISLAADS PARA PORCIONES DEL AREA METROPOLITANA DE SAN JUAN. .INUNDACIONES...LLUVIAS FUERTES PODRIAN RESULTAR EN INUNDACIONES URBANAS Y DE RIACHUELO. .OLEAJE...OLEAJE PICADO Y PELIGROSO HASTA 5 PIES SE ESPERA A TRAVES DE LAS AGUAS MAR AFUERA DEL ATLANTICO. .CORRIENTES SUBMARINAS...EXISTE UN RIESGO MODERADO DE CORRIENTES SUBMARINAS PARA LAS PLAYAS ORIENTADAS HACIA EL NORTE DE PUERTO RICO. .DIAS DOS HASTA SIETE...LUNES A SABADO AGUACEROS Y TRONADAS SE ESPERAN CADA TARDE A TRAVES DE PORCIONES DE PUERTO RICO DURANTE LOS PROXIMOS DIAS. ESTOS AGUACEROS Y TRONADAS PODRAN CAUSAR INUNDACIONES URBANAS Y DE RIACHUELOS ASI COMO UN AUMENTO RAPIDO EN LOS NIVELES DE LOS RIOS. EN ADICION...UN RIESGO MODERADO DE CORRIENTES SUBMARINAS SE ESPERA QUE CONTINUE DURANTE LOS PROXIMOS DIAS. .COMUNICADO SOBRE INFORMACION REPORTADA POR OBSERVADORES... NO SE ANTICIPA ACTIVACION AMPLIA DE OBSERVADORES, SIN EMBARGO SE INVITA A LOS OBSERVADORES A REPORTAR INUNDACIONES Y CORRIENTES SUBMARINAS AL SERVICIO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA EN SAN JUAN. AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-141000- SAN TOMAS SAN JOHN E ISLAS ADYACENTES-SANTA CRUZ- AGUAS CERCA DE LA COSTA DEL ATLANTICO Y AGUAS COSTERAS ADYACENTES DEL CARIBE- 517 AM AST DOMINGO 13 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2016 ESTA PERSPECTIVA SOBRE LAS CONDICIONES PELIGROSAS DEL TIEMPO ES PARA LAS ISLAS VIRGENES AMERICANAS Y LAS AGUAS COSTERAS ADYACENTES. .DIA UNO...HOY Y ESTA NOCHE .CORRIENTES SUBMARINAS...EXISTE UN RIESGO MODERADO DE CORRIENTES SUBMARINAS PARA LAS PLAYAS ORIENTADAS HACIA EL NORTE Y OESTE DE SANTA CRUZ Y SAN THOMAS. .DIAS DOS HASTA SIETE...LUNES A SABADO UN RIESGO MODERADO DE CORRIENTES SUBMARINAS SE ESPERA QUE CONTINUE PARA SAN THOMAS Y SANTA CRUZ HASTA TEMPRANO EL LUNES EN LA MANANA. .COMUNICADO SOBRE INFORMACION REPORTADA POR OBSERVADORES... NO SE ANTICIPA ACTIVACION AMPLIA DE OBSERVADORES, SIN EMBARGO SE INVITA A LOS OBSERVADORES A CORRIENTES SUBMARINAS AL SERVICIO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA EN SAN JUAN.
The San Juan radar (TJUA), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:46 UTC.
5 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency Manager reported urban flooding at Street 1 in Villa Nevares.
Road PR-125 near intersection with road PR-446 was reported flooded due to Rio Guatemala out of its banks.
Road PR-119 at Barrio Calabazas was reported flooded due to Rio Culebrinas out of its banks.
Residents at Villa Sofia sector were evacuated due to flood waters.
Rio Culebrinas went out of its banks at Barrio El Culebrinas. Residents in this area were evacuated.
A mudslide was reported at PR-445, KM 1.2. The road was closed which gives access to Barrios Salto Uno and Salto Dos.
Road PR-497 was reported flooded and closed due to Rio Sonador out of its banks.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, November 2016
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 667422, 667350, 667352, 667357, 667364, 667394, 667376.