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EF1 tornado in Holmes County, Florida

Tornado December 10, 2023 · Holmes County, Florida

EF1
Rating
3.0 mi
Path length
250 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 tornado touched down just east of the Chattahoochee River in southern Holmes County and headed northeast. Damage along the path consisted of snapped and uprooted trees. No structural damage was found. The largest concentration of damage occurred on CR 179 along and east of Boat Ramp Road. Several pines were snapped on either side of the highway and there were a couple of uprooted hardwood trees as well. The tornado then crossed a remote unpopulated area along Wright's Creek before damaging some trees on Bonifay Gritney Road between Dyson Circle and Faircloth Drive. No additional damage was found east of that location. Damage was consistent with an EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 90-95 mph.

The wider storm

A cool season severe weather setup of low instability and high wind shear brought a few reports of severe weather to portions of the tri-state region. A couple of tornadoes occurred in Holmes county, FL, and Henry county, AL.

Began near Gritney (30.8054, -85.8331).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1147669. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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