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EF0 tornado in Lee County, Florida

Tornado May 17, 2026 · Lee County, Florida

EF0
Rating
0.1 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 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

A landspout tornado was observed at 3:17 PM EDT just to the east of U.S. Hwy 41/S Cleveland Ave and north of Woodland Blvd, where a citizen submitted video of a rotating cloud base and funnel near Wawa and Culver's, and later confirmed that they witnessed a ground circulation with surface and lofted dust and small debris. No significant damage was reported, and no other reports, pictures or videos have been confirmed indicating that the track extended beyond that location. Maximum estimated peak wind of 65 mph.

The wider storm

A cluster of thunderstorms developing and propagating northward across southwest Florida and Lee County produced three EF-0 landspout tornadoes during the afternoon that affected parts of Fort Myers and Cape Coral in Lee County.

Began near Fort Myers Villas (26.5574, -81.8710).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1338392. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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