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EF1 tornado in Walton County, Florida

Tornado May 25, 2026 · Walton County, Florida

EF1
Rating
0.3 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
$75K
Damage as recorded
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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 tornado moved ashore from the Choctawhatchee Bay into the small village of Villa Tasso. The tornado snapped and uprooted many hardwood trees, primarily on Yacht Club Drive, Robert Avenue, Magnolia Street and Virginia Court. Structural damage was largely due to fallen trees. However, one home on Hal Street suffered damage to about 40% of its roof. The tornado caused two trees to fall on a car at the intersection of Defuniak Street and CR 20 before lifting. Damage along most of the path was consistent with EF-1 damage with maximum winds estimated at 105 mph.

The wider storm

Scattered thunderstorms occurred ahead of a frontal boundary on May 23-25. However, on May 25, a mesoscale convective system developed west of the area and enhanced the low level wind field. This resulted in two tornadoes across the tri-state area. One tornado affected the Villa Tasso area in Walton county in Florida, and the other tornado affected Houston and Henry counties in Alabama. Both tornadoes were rated EF1.

Began near Villa Tasso (30.4580, -86.3872).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1338452. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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