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EF0 tornado in Orange County, Florida

Tornado May 26, 2025 · Orange County, Florida

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

15 yd

Path width

$8K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 15 yards (0.01 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

Broadcast media relayed video of a brief waterspout over a lake in the Waterford Lakes area. The spout was very brief, but did move onshore, causing minor roof damage to shingles.

The wider storm

Multiple funnel clouds were reported along sea breeze boundary collisions over Orange County. One briefly led to a weak waterspout over a small lake, which produced minor damage.

Began near Lake Pickett (28.5400, -81.1700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1259810. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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