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EF0 tornado in St. Lucie County, Florida

Tornado June 6, 2022 · St. Lucie County, Florida

EF0
Rating
3.3 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
$10K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

Based on pictures and videos received from Saint Lucie County Emergency management, trained spotters, local broadcast media, and the public, an EF-0 tornado impacted parts of north-central Saint Lucie County. Peak winds are estimated between 65-70 mph. The discontinuous tornado track began approximately 7 miles northwest of Lakewood Park, in a field north of Florida's Turnpike and west of Interstate 95 at approximately 1706LST. The tornado drifted slowly to the south and east, eventually moving across the Turnpike near mile marker 161 at approximately 1714LST. The tornado then tracked southeast where it damaged the roof of a barn, knocked down power lines, and tipped over a trailer at the 14500th block of West Angle Road at 1717LST. The tornado dissipated over a field shortly thereafter.

The wider storm

Numerous severe thunderstorms developed across east-central Florida along the east coast sea breeze, and along the main sea breeze collision. Many storms became severe over Seminole and Volusia Counties where hail and wind damage occurred. Then, as storms moved offshore they produced severe wind gusts along the coast in Brevard, Indian River, and Martin Counties. One storm produced an EF-0 tornado in Saint Lucie County west of Fort Pierce.

Began near Ft Pierce Nelson Arp (27.5000, -80.5000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1028991. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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