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EF0 tornado in Franklin County, Florida

Tornado December 14, 2022 · Franklin County, Florida

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

210 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 210 yards (0.12 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

A brief EF0 tornado with max winds estimated at 85 mph touched down about 0.75 miles north of New River Primitive Campsite 8 in the Tates Hell State Forest. The tornado tracked to the northeast towards the New River, where it lifted. Through its path, a few larger pine trees were snapped, and several smaller pine trees were snapped or uprooted before lifting.

The wider storm

A strong cold front moved through the area during the Dec 14-15 time frame, bringing with it a round of beneficial rainfall. A few severe storms also occurred across the tri-state area, including a few tornadoes.

Began near Yent Place (29.9233, -84.7343).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Wakulla County EF0 Walton County EF0 Liberty County EF0 Wakulla County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1070886. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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