Thunderstorm Wind · Puerto Rico

Thunderstorm Wind September 16, 2011 · Yauco, Puerto Rico

40 mph

Estimated gust (35 kt)

$10

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Marble size hail was reported in Yauco and at La Parguera in Lajas. A downed tree was reported along Highway 2, exit 181 from Sabana Grande to Yauco.

The wider storm

An upper level low northeast of the area combied with strong daytime heating and favorable upper level dynamics to produce strong thunderstorms. These strong thunderstorms produced marble size hail over Yauco, San German, and at La Parguera in Lajas. A weather station in Lajas measured a wind gust of 38 mph from the north northeast.

Began near Yauco (18.0700, -66.8500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 349895. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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