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EF0 tornado in Bay County, Florida

Tornado April 23, 2020 · Bay County, Florida

EF0

Rating

0.9 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

No significant damage reported. Track based radar and video from social media (via WMBB). Video showed debris being lofted by tornado and power flashes from power lines. Tree damage was minimal, consisting of down limbs, mainly in the vicinity of the playground at Southport Elementary School.

The wider storm

Another in a series of strong upper level troughs pushed through the southeast states, resulting in another enhanced risk of severe storms from the Storm Prediction Center. The tri-state area was hit fairly hard again, with numerous reports of wind damage documented along with several tornadoes.

Began near Southport (30.2900, -85.6500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Washington County EF1 Walton County EF1 Leon County EF1 Wakulla County EF1 Taylor County EF0 Bay County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 890632. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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