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EF1 tornado in Miami-dade County, Florida

Tornado June 1, 2007 · Miami-dade County, Florida

EF1

Rating

3.9 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

EF1 tornado moved northwest through sections of the town of Cutler Bay in southern Miami-Dade County. Highest rating of EF1 with maximum winds of 85-90 mph based on roof damage to home on 20800 block of Coral Sea Drive. Rest of damage in EF0 range and primarily to vegetation. A few large trees were uprooted and several large limbs broken off, along with fence damage to homes.

The wider storm

Tropical Storm Barry formed in the extreme southeast Gulf of Mexico on June 1st and moved northeast across Central Florida during the day on June 2nd. Effects on South Florida were relatively minor, except for a tornado which struck Cutler Bay in Miami-Dade County.

Began near Franjo (25.5700, -80.3500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 36284. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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