EF0 tornado in Pinellas County, Florida

A developing supercell moved ashore near Madeira Beach in southern Pinellas County around 10:30 PM EST (0330Z) and continued north-northeast across the communities of Seminole and Highpoint over the next 30 minutes, passing just west of St Pete Clearwater Int'l Airport (PIE). Radar indicated increasing organization and rotation around midnight as it passed over the Courtney Campbell Causeway while approaching Safety Harbor, and organization continued to increase over the next 15 minutes before the storm produced an EF-0 tornado while crossing the northern shore of Safety Harbor into Oldsmar around 11:15 PM EST (0415Z), where a significant part of the roof was removed from a two-story home along Shore Drive facing south toward the shoreline located across the street. Video recorded by a local resident from just east of the tornado track showed power flashes as the storm moved across the area, consistent with the time of the most apparent rotation per radar, while the aforementioned house receiving roof damage was located along the eastern edge of the circulation as the storm moved north-northeast. Intermittent damage continued along the track north-northeast over the next quarter-mile or so before the circulation weakened, including roof damage reported to a few additional homes, and damage to large trees continuing northward to around Oldsmar Elementary school near SR 580/State St.

A severe weather episode with an area of low pressure and associated cold front moving east across the Gulf of Mexico approaching the peninsula produced multiple supercell thunderstorms and likely waterspouts over the open waters before approaching the west Florida coast, where one waterspout was observed and multiple strong wind gusts were reported.