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EF1 tornado in Santa Rosa County, Florida

Tornado February 23, 2016 · Santa Rosa County, Florida

EF1
Rating
2.7 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$75K
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

The tornado from Escambia County Florida moved into Santa Rosa County after moving across Escambia Bay. Some of the debris from the GE plant in Escambia County was found on the western shoreline of Santa Rosa County. EF-1 damage to trees and homes was observed near San Juan Street at Sealark Lane. The tornado continue northeast, producing additional EF-1 damage primarily to trees with some minor damage noted to other homes. The tornado finally lifted near Shetland Circle just west of Avalon Boulevard.

The wider storm

A unusually strong storm system produced a highly favorable setup for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. The highest impact across the Florida Panhandle was from a strong tornado that impacted the Pensacola metro. Some flooding was also experienced.

Began near Mulat (30.5333, -87.1318).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF3 Escambia County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 621846. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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