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EF0 tornado in Sarasota County, Florida

Tornado December 15, 2022 · Sarasota County, Florida

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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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 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

EM, media, and public all relayed pictures and video of lanai damage and additional picture of a large tree downed near the lanai. Radar indicates brief rotation and videos support a tornado designation. Estimated ef-0 strength with winds of 85 mph.

The wider storm

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

Began near North Port (27.0700, -82.2200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Pasco County EF1 Pinellas County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1063870. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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