Increase in moisture, remnants of a cold front to our north and a nearby prefrontal surface trough approached the islands and sinked southward, creating favorable weather |conditions for unsettled weather and above normal moisture. These wet and unstable conditions promoted showery weather for the first half of that week.
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The episode as NWS SJU wrote it up.
Increase in moisture, remnants of a cold front to our north and a nearby prefrontal surface trough approached the islands and sinked southward, creating favorable weather |conditions for unsettled weather and above normal moisture. These wet and unstable conditions promoted showery weather for the first half of that week. Flooding, Flash Flooding and Landslides were reported.
The San Juan radar (TJUA), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:26 UTC.
4 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 debris flow. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding was reported in Lomas Verdes Ave. on road 177 over Rio Piedras, near a Walgreens Drug Store. A vehicle was trapped in the flood waters.
Mesonet Station BZDP4 3.6 SE Sumidero reported 2.81 inches of rain at 2:45 PM AST.
Flash flooding was reported by municipal officials along portions of rio Orocovis near the city town in road 568 and in Sector Bajuras. No people trapped were reported.
The 911 call center reported that three people were affected by a water surge in Charco El Hippie near Rio Blanco in Naguabo, PR. Emergency managers reported that the three people were rescued.
Flash Flooding was reported at PR-185 near La Vega entrance and Rio Canovanas in Canovanas, PR. No people trapped were reported.
A 911 reporter informed that there was a landslide in Carretera 852 near Sabana Bakery in Trujillo Alto. The emergency manager informed that there were no people or roads affected directly.
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