He National Weather Service (SNM) cancelled at 10:00 pm on Friday a Flood warning that was in effect for several municipalities in the event of a rain event in the central-north-west area of Puerto Rico.
The warnings that were left without effect were:
According to a news bulletin released by the agency, preliminary rainfall estimates for the past 12 hours indicate that western sectors and parts of the San Juan metropolitan area received between four and five inches of rain.
The weather agency had warned of possible minor flooding in low-lying and poorly drained areas, as well as roads running near bodies of water due to heavy rain.
At 5:30 p.m. the Doppler radar was monitoring A strong thunderstorm was moving slowly west of Las Marías, Añasco, Mayagüez, San Germán, Isabela, Moca, Aguada and Aguadilla, which is expected to continue causing heavy rain until 6:15 p.m. on Friday..
The SNM also previously issued a bulletin warning of the development of the strong electrical storm that would affect north-central Puerto Rico.
