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SAN JUAN AND VICINITY

113956 · 18.433, -66.011

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Event typeevent_typeHeavy Rain
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id113,956
Episode IDepisode_id19,302
Begin UTCbegin_utc2008-08-15T06:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2008-08-15T11:00:00+00:00
StatestatePUERTO RICO
County/zone typecz_typeC
County/zone namecz_nameSAN JUAN AND VICINITY
Latitudelat18.433
Longitudelon-66.011
End latitudeend_lat18.433
End longitudeend_lon-66.011
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceASOS
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeOn August 14, 2008, a strong tropical wave and its associated low pressure moved across the northeast Caribbean, passing westward across the U. S. Virgin Islands during the late afternoon and early evening hours, and then across Puerto Rico during the overnight and morning hours of August 15, 2008. Some of the outer rain bands ahead of the wave reached into Puerto Rico but they were sort of scattered. It was not until the late evening and after midnight that the heavy showers and thunderstorms moved into Puerto Rico. Overnight radar estimates indicated 2 to 3 inches in the municipalities of Ceiba, Fajardo, and Naguabo, with estimates of 2 to 4 inches between Cayey and Salinas. USGS gages indicated the highest 24 hour rainfall accumulation of around 4 inches at Rio Portuguez Ponce below the damsite, ending at 145 pm Friday. A few small isolated areas along the extreme southern coast of Puerto Rico were estimated by the Doppler radar to have received 6-7 inches during the overnight hours. About 15 roads were reported flooded and one closed to traffic due to river Rio Loco overflowing its banks in Yauco municipality. Some downed tree limbs were reported. 11 thousand customers were without electric power and 5 thousand without water. Small landslides were reported over the central interior in Utuado. About 13 local flights to nearby islands were canceled. For most of the residents, this tropical wave was extremely beneficial. Puerto Rico, Culebra, Vieques, were very dry, with one of the driest summers recorded on record through the beginning of August. As this system exited Puerto Rico and moved across the Mona Passage on the afternoon of the 15th, this area of disturbed weather became Tropical Storm Fay.
Event narrativeevent_narrativePeriods of heavy rain with low visibilities were recorded at the San Juan airport. Light rain began around 2300 AST on the 14th of August and varied between light and moderate through the night and ended around 1100 AST on the 15th of August. Rainfall accumulations of around 2.27 inches were recorded.
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