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EF0 tornado in St. Lucie County, Florida

Tornado May 28, 2012 · St. Lucie County, Florida

EF0

Rating

0.7 mi

Path length

40 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 40 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 line of thunderstorms formed along the sea breeze boundary within the far outer circulation of Tropical Storm Beryl. One of the storms produced a brief tornado in Lyngate Park and near the Saint Lucie Medical Center near Port Saint Lucie. Estimated sustained winds were around 65 mph, consistent with low-end EF0 damage. Minor damage was sustained to the roofs of two homes, several fences were knocked over, and a few small trees were downed. The tornado was witnessed by a Saint Lucie County Sheriff Officer and damage assessment was relayed from Saint Lucie County Emergency Management. No injuries or fatalities occurred.

The wider storm

Tropical Storm Beryl impacted east central Florida during May 27-29. Rainbands directly related to the tropical storm impacted mainly areas north of a line from Orlando to Cape Canaveral. Indirect impacts occurred farther south as additional rainbands developed during daytime heating and produced scattered thunderstorms with heavy rain, gusty winds, and an isolated short-lived tornado.

Began near Port St Lucie (27.2870, -80.3072).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 374621. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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