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EF0 tornado in Highlands County, Florida

Tornado January 25, 2011 · Highlands County, Florida

EF0

Rating

0.9 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 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 tornado was reported to touch down in a rural area near U.S. Highway 98 and Airport Road. In addition, several trees and numerous branches were downed, as well as some fencing torn down in several lots in the northwest section of the Spring Lakes subdivision.

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 Istokpoga (27.4391, -81.3698).

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 Lee County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 280806. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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