EF0 Tornado — Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico

2017-03-26 · near Trujillo Alto, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico

0.4 mi

Path length

100 yds

Path width

Event narrative

Brief tornado in Villa Andalucia, Trujillo Alto left several trees and power lines down as well as a few houses with structural damage.

Wider weather episode

A surface low pressure north of Hispanola induced a moist and convectively unstable air mass over Puerto Rico. This southerly flow interacted with the island topography enhancing the low-level convergence along and downwind of the Cordillera Central. Scattered showers began to develop during the early afternoon hours across the northern slopes of Puerto Rico. One of these showers collided with the sea breeze front over southeast portions of San Juan, giving way to a brief EF0 tornado/landspout that touched down between Villa Andalucia and Park Gardens, Rio Piedras at approximately 3 PM AST.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 678392. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.