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Tornado in Charlotte County, Florida

Tornado August 8, 2022 · Charlotte County, Florida

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Not rated

0.1 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

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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.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Broadcast media relayed video of weak landspout tornado briefly touching down near Interstate 75 and Jones Loop Road interchange near Charlotte Park.

The wider storm

Afternoon thunderstorms produce a brief tornado near Charlotte Park in Charlotte County, damaging lightning strikes in Pinellas and Lee counties, severe hail near Kenneth City in Pinellas County and localized street flooding in St. Petersburg in Pinellas County.

Began near Acline (26.9000, -82.0100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1043500. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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