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EF0 tornado in Okeechobee County, Florida

Tornado July 12, 2014 · Okeechobee County, Florida

EF0
Rating
0.1 mi
Path length
15 yd
Path width
$2K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 15 yards (0.01 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 low-end EF-0 tornado touched down in rural Okeechobee, just south of SE 8th Street, crossed the street, then moved through a line of trees into an open field. Several trees were toppled and a 20 foot by 20 foot light weight shed in the field experienced a direct hit from the tornado and was destroyed. Some light metal debris was lofted into nearby pine trees. After an examination of damage photos, maximum winds were estimated at 60-65 mph. Prior to the damage, several citizens reported seeing a funnel cloud or tornado in the region.

The wider storm

A strong thunderstorm moved slowly northwest over southeast Okeechobee County and produced a brief, weak EF-0 tornado. The tornado damaged several trees and destroyed a small storage shed.

Began near Sherman (27.2367, -80.7570).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 523119. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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