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EF0 tornado in Martin County, Florida

Tornado January 15, 2024 · Martin County, Florida

EF0
Rating
8.2 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
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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

The tornado touched down to the south and west of I-95 before crossing the interstate around 4:43 PM EST. The system moved to the north-northeast into Palm City, where numerous trees were felled on properties between I-95 and SW Martin Hwy. The

circulation continued to the northeast in Stuart where numerous residents submitted videos of the tornado impacting portions of the Canopy Creek residential subdivision, though little in the way of damage was noted. Additional intermittent reports of downed

trees were reported along the path as it moved across Florida's Turnpike and into Stuart.

The circulation eventually went on to produce a waterspout over the St. Lucie River that then pushed onshore and into the North River Shores subdivision before lifting and dissipating. The tornado produced minor damage here, including a few fallen trees

near the intersection of NW Pine Lake Dr and NW Fork Rd.

The wider storm

An EF-0 tornado tracked eight miles through Martin County, causing minor damage.

Began near Palm City (27.1272, -80.3530).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1152396. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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