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EF1 tornado in Manatee County, Florida

Tornado February 24, 2016 · Manatee County, Florida

EF1

Rating

8.6 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

The tornado impacted mainly rural areas of Manatee County. Numerous pictures of a line of snapped trees along the path were received. No storm survey was conducted due to the very rural located. Strength estimated off of tree damage pictures.

The wider storm

A strong area of low pressure pushing through the Deep South helped guide a cold front through the region on the 24th. The front spawned numerous strong to severe storms across the area some of which produced tornadoes.

Began near Oak Knoll (27.5400, -82.2000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Charlotte County EF0 Hillsborough County EF0 Charlotte County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 613902. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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