F0 tornado in De Soto County, Florida

Tornado June 12, 2006 · De Soto County, Florida

Rating

4.0 mi

Path length

40 yd

Path width

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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 F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Amateur radio reported a tornado north of Arcadia and the visible funnel extended three-quarters of the way to the ground. This tornado is from a different storm than the tornado south of Arcadia. No significant damage was reported. Path of tornado was estimated.

Began near Arcadia (27.2667, -81.8667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F0 De Soto County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5505368. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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