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EF0 tornado in Glades County, Florida

Tornado October 18, 2011 · Glades County, Florida

EF0
Rating
1.9 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 damaged a home and barn just west of Buckhead Ridge. Damage was done to windows and roof of the home. A formal damage survey was not done due to the isolated and relatively minor nature of the damage, but the tornado is rated as an EF-0 due to the extent of the damage noted. Time and path is estimated based on emergency manager reports and analysis of radar data.

This tornado was likely spawned from the same storm that produced a tornado in Lakeport about 30 minutes earlier.

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 (27.1045, -80.9425).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Broward CountyEF0 Glades County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 350747. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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