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EF0 tornado in Gilchrist County, Florida

Tornado March 18, 2021 · Gilchrist County, Florida

EF0

Rating

12.5 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 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

An EF0 touched down briefly NE of Trenton in Gilchrist county near the Gilchrist-Alachua county line where a barn fell onto a tractor. The tornado likely lifted as it the parent supercell tracked northeast toward the city of Alachua, in Alachua county. Here, the tornado touched down again and damaged a carport roof which was peeled back. Trees were also damaged and fell in this location, one of which fell onto a car. Peak winds were estimated at 81 mph.

The wider storm

A strong pre-frontal squall line moved across the area with isolated severe storms. Shear was 40-60 kts with surface based CAPE of 1500-2000 J/kg.

Began near Tyler (29.7254, -82.6750).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 942598. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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