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EF1 tornado in Marion County, Florida

Tornado May 5, 2019 · Marion County, Florida

EF1

Rating

0.9 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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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

An EF1 tornado touched down near the intersection of West Highway 40 and NW 100th Ave in western Marion County. The tornado snapped several large pine and oak trees at the base and the roof of a shed was torn off. Four homes had minor structural damage due to fallen trees. An empty horse trailer and a cargo trailer carrying furniture were pushed 30-40 yards from their original location. The most damage was focused near the intersection of NW 8th Lane and NW 100th Avenue.

The wider storm

SW steering flow pumped record high PWAT of 1.84 across the area as mid-upper level trough move overhead. These ingredients produced scattered severe storms that produced gusty winds late morning through the afternoon across NE FL.

Began near Martel (29.1906, -82.2913).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 819110. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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