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EF1 tornado in Lake County, Florida

Tornado September 20, 2007 · Lake County, Florida

EF1

Rating

1.8 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$6.2M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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

A tornado touched down in the Town of Eustis at the northern end of West Crooked Lake. The tornado quickly intensified to EF1 strength as it moved north northwest through Eustis. The track was just under two miles long and had a maximum width of 300 yards. The tornado destroyed 7 homes. Twenty seven homes received major damage and 81 homes reported minor damage. There were no serious injuries and property damage was set at $6.2 million.

The wider storm

As Tropical Depression number 10 began to slowly organize in the Gulf of Mexico, low level rotation allowed numerous strong mesocyclones to track north over western Orange and northern Lake counties.

Began near Eustis (28.8368, -81.6763).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 60913. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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