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Tornado in Lake County, Florida

Tornado May 12, 2025 · Lake County, Florida

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Not rated

1.5 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.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Videos sent by public and local media show a waterspout developed over Lake Griffin in the Leesburg area near sunset. A confirmed report by the Leesburg fire department,

indicates the spout remained over water.

The wider storm

A thunderstorm produced a waterspout over Lake Griffin near Silver Lake.

Began near Lanier (28.8368, -81.8454).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1244093. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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