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Hail · Puerto Rico

Hail April 5, 2023 · Lajas, Puerto Rico

0.25 in

Hail diameter

$1K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Nickel sized hail was reported by the public over Barrio. Santa Rosas, Sector La Garza.

The wider storm

Unsettled weather with numerous showers and thunderstorms were observed due to an upper level cut-off low strengthening northwest of Puerto Rico. Strong divergence aloft resulted in hail, and the heavy rain left flooding, mudslides and rivers overflowing.

Began near Lajas (18.0497, -67.0402).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1085336. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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