EF0 tornado · Puerto Rico

Tornado March 16, 2023 · Las Piedras, Puerto Rico

EF0

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

7 yd

Path width

$40K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 7 yards (0.00 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

On March 16, a landspout developed over highway 30 and moved south-southeast at around 20 mph. On its path, the landspout affected the April Garden strip mall with winds of around 65 mph affecting local business signs, awnings, and a free-standing street light pole that fell due to the winds. Small tree branches were also affected by the winds. There were about 325 meters of land spout-to-ground interaction based on damages and witness reports.

The wider storm

A frontal passage produced a weak landspout over the eastern interior of Puerto Rico.

Began near Las Piedras (18.1734, -65.8775).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1076238. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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