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EF1 tornado in Charlotte County, Florida

Tornado February 24, 2016 · Charlotte County, Florida

EF1
Rating
2.7 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
1
Injury
$1.6M
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 NWS Storm Survey found EF-1 tornado damage with winds estimated near 100 mph. 108 homes were affected with most of the damage limited to roofs and pool cages. However, 11 sustained major damage and were deemed uninhabitable by the county, one of which was destroyed. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped with at least 8 different vehicles picked up and moved.

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 Charlotte Harbor (26.9991, -82.0391).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Manatee CountyEF0 Hillsborough CountyEF0 Charlotte County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 613910. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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