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EF1 tornado in Pinellas County, Florida

Tornado November 2, 2018 · Pinellas County, Florida

EF1

Rating

1.7 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

Injury

$300K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

Widespread damage was observed in two mobile home parks, and a condominium roof was torn off in addition to numerous downed trees and branches. One minor injury was reported in the area.

The wider storm

A strong cold front pushed through the Florida peninsula during the afternoon hours on the 2nd. A squall-line associated with the front produced widespread damaging wind gusts along with multiple tornadoes embedded within the fast-moving line.

Began near Seminole (27.8327, -82.7898).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Pasco County EF1 Hernando County EF1 Pasco County EF1 Pasco County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 785859. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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