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EF1 tornado in Sarasota County, Florida

Tornado March 16, 2022 · Sarasota County, Florida

EF1

Rating

1.5 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

Injury

$1.0M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

Video of tornadno from Sarasota PD. Damage to roof at industrial building on 2100 block of 10th street causing 1 million dollars in damage to building and contents.

The wider storm

A strong cold front continued to slowly push through Florida during tthe day causing a tornado in Sarasota County.

Began near Sarasota Beach (27.3298, -82.5419).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1007561. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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