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EF0 tornado in Collier County, Florida

Tornado August 24, 2023 · Collier County, Florida

EF0

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 tornado occurred during the early evening of Thursday August

24, 2023 in Naples. The tornado was believed to have touched down near

Roseate Dr and Robin Ave where multiple large tree branches were snapped off.

The tornado then traveled SW and did some roof damage to a home on Cardinal

St. Additional minor tree and aluminum damage was observed near the

Walker Technical College. The strongest wind damage was observed in the

vicinity of the college where 9 vehicles were damaged in the parking lot. Some

of the car damage was from a falling tree, and other damage was from cars being

moved into each other by the wind. The tornado then crossed Airport Rd south

of Estey Ave before lifting. Wind speeds were mostly estimated between 50-60 mph

however the strongest winds near the technical college were estimated to be

around 80 mph, for a rating of EF-0.

The wider storm

A brief tornado occurred during the early evening of Thursday August 24, 2023 in Naples, Florida. This led to minor damage, primarily to cars and large trees, across just less than a mile long path. There were no reports of injuries or deaths.

Began near (apf)naples Muni Arp (26.1455, -81.7563).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1129159. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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