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EF0 tornado · Puerto Rico

Tornado July 27, 2019 · Lajas, Puerto Rico

EF0

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

1 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

Public and local emergency managers reported a tornado touching down near Road PR-117 in Lajas. No fatalities nor injuries have been reported. However, damage to a plantain farm, poultry house and a house roof, as well as fallen electrical pole and a tree were reported with this event. Domestic animals from the poultry house were missing. A few houses in the area had no electricity.

The wider storm

The combination of strong daytime and sea breeze convergence along with extreme instability resulted in the development of a strong thunderstorm across the municipality of Lajas during the late afternoon hours.

Began near Lajas (18.0397, -67.0164).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 845570. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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