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EF0 tornado in Hillsborough County, Florida

Tornado May 24, 2026 · Hillsborough County, Florida

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

Damage to a single pool cage was noted, and some images show small debris being lofted into the air. Residents in the neighborhood reported and shared images of a few additional structures that sustained minor damage. Additionally, a large tree was also blown over in the community one street over from where the main damage was noted. No additional damage or reports could be located.

The wider storm

A developing thunderstorm over Tampa Bay produced a brief EF-0 tornado that affected the Villages of Bayport community in Hillsborough County. Elsewhere, easterly sea breeze afternoon convection produced a funnel cloud near Buckingham in Lee County.

Began near Town N Country (27.9958, -82.5973).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1338423. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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