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EF1 tornado in Pasco County, Florida

Tornado November 2, 2018 · Pasco County, Florida

EF1

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

125 yd

Path width

$27K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 125 yards (0.07 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 brief tornado occurred just north of State Road 52 in Pasco County. A barn sustained damage to the roof in which half of the roof was destroyed.

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 Gowers Corner (28.3330, -82.4700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 786343. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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