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F1 tornado in Osceola County, Florida

Tornado December 27, 1997 · Osceola County, Florida

Rating

0.4 mi

Path length

80 yd

Path width

$1.5M

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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

A weak F1 tornado moving northeast over Lake Tohopekaliga touched down in the Kissimmee Park community southwest of St. Cloud. The tornado destroyed 4 mobile homes and damaged 10 other structures.

Began near St Cloud (28.2000, -81.3300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5626334. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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