Tornado reported near Havana Airport

Workers of the Havana Airport documented the formation of a tornado near the landing and takeoff area of airplanes.

He Meteorological phenomenon It occurred this Sunday, around 6:30 pm. It lasted approximately 10 minutes and the island authorities reported no material loss or damage of any kind.

It was not only seen from the José Martí airport, but also from other areas of the Boyeros municipality such as the town of Santiago de las Vegas and the University of Computer Sciences (UCI).

Cuban meteorologists specified that it was a weak tornado and indicated that that afternoon there were also reports of hail fall In the town of Punta Brava, La Lisa.

An area of strong thunderstorms that developed in the late afternoon west of the capital marked the origin of this tornado. The storms mainly affected the coastal areas of Baracoa Beach and Punta Brava.

The strong local atmospheric instability was induced by intense warming on Sunday afternoon and favorable conditions in the upper atmosphere for the storm cloud formation.

He Institute of Meteorology warned this Sunday that much of the country would be cloudy and they predicted "showers, rain and thunderstorms in the south of the eastern region, being isolated in the extreme west and scarce in the rest of the national territory."

Last Sunday a tornado affected several homes in the town “La Rosita”, in Mane Güira, Artemisa province. The meteorological event also occurred in the evening, between 3:45 pm and 4:25 pm.

The official press considered it "a weak tornado" and specified that its radius of action was between 5 to 7 meters. In its path it felled trees, but left no economic losses or injuries.

Also on the last Sunday of April a tornado and heavy rain in Artemisa, in the early afternoon, in an area near the baseball stadium. On that occasion the rains hit the Alquizar municipality intensely and left flooding in the town.