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EF0 tornado in Lee County, Florida

Tornado January 25, 2011 · Lee County, Florida

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$100K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

Six mobile homes were damaged or destroyed near Alva along Basil, Dill, Cork, and Elder Streets. The mobile homes suffered porch damage, broken screens, roof damage, and a carport was destroyed. Emergency Management found a narrow path of damage, and time is estimated off of radar.

The wider storm

A low pressure system over the northeast Gulf of Mexico moved northeast across northern Florida and sent a squall line through the area. The thunderstorms brought damaging winds, large hail, minor flooding and a few weak tornadoes.

Began near Alva (26.7159, -81.5996).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Manatee County EF0 Sumter County EF0 Hardee County EF0 Hardee County EF0 Highlands County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 280751. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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