EF1 tornado — Escambia County, Florida

EF1 tornado in Escambia County, Florida

Tornado May 10, 2025 · Escambia County, Florida

EF1

Rating

0.4 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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 waterspout moved onshore Pensacola Beach just east of the pier.

This tornado first affected a light pole near the volleyball nets

just off of Casino Beach Boardwalk. This was where the tornado

was its strongest with winds somewhere between 90 to 100mph. The

tornado continued to the northeast as it weakened, impacting the

UFO mini golf building removing a chunk of roofing material and

depositing it to the northeast in the Hampton Inn parking lot. A

sign to the north at the Sideline Sports Bar and Restaurant was

knocked down. Further northeast, the Water Pig BBQ had its smoker

tossed from the building to the north around 20 to 30 yards.

The wider storm

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

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1268105. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF1 tornado in Escambia County, Florida

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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