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NWUS52 TJSJ 180225
LSRSJU
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1025 PM AST SUN NOV 17 2024
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0844 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 WNW ROSA SANCHEZ 18.08N 65.96W
11/16/2024 YABUCOA PR PUBLIC
*** 1 FATAL ***
AROUND 8:44 PM ON NOVEMBER 16, 2024, A
63-YEAR-OLD MALE AND HIS PASSENGER, A
39-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, CROSSED A LOW-LEVEL
CROSSING/BRIDGE IN BARRIO GUAYABOTA, SECTOR
SASA, PARTICULARLY ON ROAD 182 KM 12. THIS
BRIDGE WAS COVERED WITH WATER AS RIVER
GUAYANES WENT OVER IT DUE TO THE HEAVY
RAINFALL ACTIVITY THAT THE MUNICIPALITY OF
YABUCOA WAS RECEIVING. RADAR ESTIMATES AND
OBSERVATIONS SUGGESTED AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES
OF RAIN IN THE AREA OF THE INCIDENT AND
AROUND 6 INCHES ACROSS THE MUNICIPALITY. AS
THEY CROSSED THE BRIDGE, THE FORD F-150 THAT
THEY WERE IN GOT DRAGGED INTO THE
FAST-FLOWING RIVER. DURING THIS EVENT, THE
WOMAN DROWNED BECAUSE SHE WAS TRAPPED IN THE
VEHICLE, THAT BECAME LODGED UNDER RUBBLE.
ERG
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