EF1 tornado in Leon County, Florida
Tornado April 7, 2025 · Leon County, Florida
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A tornado touched down in the Apalachicola National Forest approximately four miles southwest of Bloxham Cutoff Road (CR 267). After crossing that highway, the tornado continued northeast across the forest and caused EF1 damage to mature pines on National Forest Road 360, Backwoods Jackson Bluff Road, and Sand Fry Road. The tornado weakened as it approached the Whispering Pines neighborhood where it caused minor damage to a roof and snapped some large branches. The tornado dissipated just before reaching Florida SR 20. Damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 90 mph. Many damage points in the forest were inaccessible by vehicle due to road conditions. Those positions were estimated by doppler radar tornado debris signatures (TDS).
The wider storm
Severe storms ahead a cold front produced wind damage a few tornadoes across portions of the Florida big bend and southwest Georgia.
Began near Bloxham (30.3381, -84.6045).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1244190. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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