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EF0 tornado in St. Lucie County, Florida

Tornado June 9, 2022 · St. Lucie County, Florida

EF0
Rating
1.5 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
$210K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 numerous ground and aerial photos and videos received from Saint Lucie County Emergency Management, Saint Lucie County Fire Rescue, local broadcast media, and the public, a EF-0 tornado touched down in the Spanish Lakes Golf Village of Port Saint Lucie. Peak winds are estimated between 70-80 mph. The tornado touched down at approximately 1440LST on West Caribbean Blvd. at the western end of the Golf Village. The tornado caused major damage to four mobile homes, and minor to moderate damage to 22 others. The homes sustaining major damage had large sections of their roofs removed, with significant damage to the building's siding. The other homes suffered varying degrees of damage to siding, awnings, and car ports. As the tornado tracked east of the Golf Village, it knocked over a large tree at the Port Saint Lucie High School, and damaged several metal roof covers a a bus lot located next to the high school. The tornado dissipated over the Savannas Preserve at approximately 1445LST.

The wider storm

Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed along the east coast sea breeze and other outflow boundary collisions. One such collision occurred over Saint Lucie County that rapidly led to the development of a severe thunderstorm over Port Saint Lucie. This storm produced wind damage and an EF-0 tornado.

Began near Walton (27.3075, -80.3013).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1029017. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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