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EF0 tornado in Monroe County, Florida

Tornado May 9, 2022 · Monroe County, Florida

EF0

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

15 yd

Path width

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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

A non-supercell-spawned waterspout was observed to have made landfall on the Atlantic side of Key Largo in the Silver Shores Community. A spray ring was visible with the waterspout prior to landfall. Photos revealed damage to a dock railing and a snapped mature coconut palm tree, but no damage to nearby homes was observed. Based on all available information, the tornado was rated EF-0 with maximum winds of 60 to 70 mph.

The wider storm

Showers and thunderstorms developed in an area of convergence near the far upper Florida Keys as outflow from showers and thunderstorms over mainland south Florida moved southward. A waterspout developed and was observed making landfall along the oceanside of a community within Key Largo.

Began near Rock Harbor (25.0534, -80.4794).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1021120. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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