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EF1 tornado in Pinellas County, Florida

Tornado December 15, 2022 · Pinellas County, Florida

EF1

Rating

1.9 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

Injuries

$500K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

NWS survey determined that an EF-1 tornado touched down in western

Pinellas County near Pasadena and moved east-northeast for nearly

2 miles causing minor to moderate damage to at least 5 homes and

2 other buildings, mostly with roofs partially peeled or trees

downed onto them. Most of the damage was observed near 9th Ave

from just west of Tyrone Blvd and 53rd St. 2 minor injuries were

reported near St. Vincent`s Episcopal Church.

The wider storm

A squall line ahead of a strong cold front produced damaging winds and 2 tornadoes across West Central Florida.

Began near Pasadena (27.7744, -82.7345).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Pasco County EF0 Sarasota County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1063858. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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