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EF0 tornado in Charlotte County, Florida

Tornado February 24, 2016 · Charlotte County, Florida

EF0

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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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 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

An NWS Storm Survey found EF-0 Tornado Damage in Murdock. Damage mainly consisted of downed tress, damage light posts and blown out Windows. Winds were estimated to be around 65 mph. A Charlotte County Sheriffs deputy observed the tornado and it was also seen on video from the county administration building nearby.

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 Murdock (27.0071, -82.1425).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Manatee County EF1 Charlotte County EF0 Hillsborough County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 613909. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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