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EF0 tornado in Monroe County, Florida

Tornado August 16, 2023 · Monroe County, Florida

EF0

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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 narrow waterspout with a spray ring extending one-quarter the way up from the water surface to cloud base moved north onshore Higgs Beach as a tornado. The tornado dissipated on the beach without any discernable damage noted. Maximum wind speeds of 50 to 60 mph were estimated at the landfall location.

The wider storm

A narrow waterspout developed off the south shore of Key West, and moved north, making landfall as a tornado at Higgs Beach of Key West.

Began near (eyw)key West Inl Ar (24.5471, -81.7867).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1165340. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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