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EF0 tornado in Lee County, Florida

Tornado March 12, 2022 · Lee County, Florida

EF0

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$1K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

Waterspout briefly moved onshore to become tornado and did minor damage an Lani Kai.

The wider storm

A deepening low pressure system dragged a strong cold front through West Central Florida. As it did it produced strong winds and tornadoes.

Began near Ft Myers Beach (26.4508, -81.9520).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Hernando County EF1 Highlands County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1007550. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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