EF0 tornado in Walton County, Florida

Tornado January 25, 2023 · Walton County, Florida

EF0

Rating

1.1 mi

Whole path

75 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Walton County → Walton County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 short-lived tornado tracked through a heavily forested portion of southern Walton County, touching down just north of the intracoastal waterway near Bunker Road and dissipating shortly thereafter. The track and EF0 intensity is based on photos of tree damage from Walton County Emergency Management and a Tornadic Debris Signature from the Eglin Air Force Base WSR-88D Radar.

The wider storm

A couple of strong upper level shortwaves impacted the area during the latter half of January, bringing with them a couple of rounds of severe weather with numerous reports of trees and power lines blown down. In addition, a few tornadoes occurred across the tri-state area.

Began near Bunker (30.3557, -86.0433).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Walton County EF1 Leon County EF1 Wakulla County EF0 Liberty County EF0 Walton County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1079097. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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