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EF1 tornado in Walton County, Florida

Tornado March 18, 2022 · Walton County, Florida

EF1
Rating
0.8 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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

A tornado touched down briefly in a rural area along G Montgomery Road in Walton county and tracked eastward through a wooded area and across County Highway 183 S. There were numerous snapped trees along its path, but no structures were impacted. This tornado was rated EF1 with maximum estimated winds around 90 mph. A dual-pol tornadic debris signature (TDS) was evident on KEVX radar.

The wider storm

A strong cold front moved through the tri-state region with several reports of wind damage. In addition, a couple of tornadoes occurred in the Florida panhandle, including an EF2 in Panama City. Training convection also produced flash flooding across portions of the Florida panhandle.

Began near Eucheeanna (30.6645, -86.0182).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Bay County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1011259. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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