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EF1 tornado in Escambia County, Florida

Tornado May 10, 2025 · Escambia County, Florida

EF1
Rating
0.6 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 brief tornado impacted the west side of the Warrington

community (near the Beach Haven area) early in the morning on May

10th. The tornado began near Selma St and rapidly moved to the

northeast as it crossed Gulf Beach Hwy. Small tree limbs were

scattered along Gulf Beach Hwy between S Fairfield Dr and Rentz

Ave. A corridor of tree damage was noted along several streets to

the north of Gulf Beach Hwy. Trees were uprooted and snapped

along both Rentz and Calhoun Ave, with tree branch debris noted

up and down the streets. The more significant corridor of damage

was noted near Graupera St and Rentz Ave, where uplift of a porch

awning led to roof damage to one home, with nearby roof damage to

an outbuilding/shed and windows broken at another nearby home.

Trees were snapped and uprooted near the aforementioned

intersection. The tornado continued up Rentz Ave, with tree

branch debris noted up and down the street. The tornado likely

lifted near Rentz Ave and Eliasberg St as the tree damage became

very sporadic to that intersection. Future adjustments to the

track are possible as higher-resolution satellite imagery becomes

available.

The wider storm

Multiple supercell thunderstorms moved onshore and produced damaging winds and tornadoes.

Began near (npa)nas Pensacola (30.3776, -87.3085).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Escambia CountyEF1 Okaloosa County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1268104. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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