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Eventdex · Heavy Rain

SAN JUAN

202398 · 18.358, -66.076

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Event typeevent_typeHeavy Rain
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id202,398
Episode IDepisode_id33,956
Begin UTCbegin_utc2009-11-15T18:21:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2009-11-15T20:30:00+00:00
StatestatePUERTO RICO
County/zone typecz_typeC
County/zone namecz_nameSAN JUAN
Latitudelat18.358
Longitudelon-66.076
End latitudeend_lat18.358
End longitudeend_lon-66.076
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceEmergency Manager
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeThe tail end of a prefrontal boundary pushed into the local area during the early morning, bringing unstable weather conditions. Favorable upper level wind flow combined with the sea breeze to produced numerous showers and thunderstorms across the San Juan metropolitan area. Very heavy rains lead to significant rainfall accumulations and runoff in a short period of time, producing flash flooding. Many local roads were impassable for several hours and some rivers in the San Juan area metro area overflowed their banks. Flooded homes and automobiles were reported, and some ground floor stores in the San Patricio area of Guaynabo. The flooding along the river Rio Piedras in the San Juan Metro Area was extreme as motorists were forced to abandon their cars on flooded roadways. According to preliminary USGS data, the Rio Piedras river exceeded flood stage at the El Senorial and Hato Rey locations. The Hato Rey USGS precipitation sensor recorded close to 3.5 inches between 1230 and 1530 AST. Las Curias at Damsite near Rio Piedras recorded 4.44 inches between 1315 and 1645 AST.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeRoad flooding was reported along road 199 marginal, at the entrance of Borinquen Gardens neigborhood.
Yearyear2,009

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