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EF0 tornado in Glades County, Florida

Tornado October 18, 2011 · Glades County, Florida

EF0

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$50K

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

A tornado rated at EF-0 moved across Lakeport in Glades County. The tornado damaged approximately 30 manufactured homes. Damage was mostly minor with siding peeled off and some roof and tree damage. Maximum winds were estimated at 85 mph.

The wider storm

Strong southerly wind flow ahead of low pressure over the Gulf of Mexico created very unstable atmospheric conditions along with high levels of wind shear over South Florida and the adjacent Gulf waters. These conditions were quite favorable for the formation of waterspout and tornadoes.

Began near Lakeport (26.9813, -81.0860).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Broward County EF0 Glades County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 350738. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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