EF1 Tornado — Manatee, Florida

2021-04-10 · near Bayshore Gardens, Manatee, Florida

Event narrative

A five unit townhome sustained major damage with a rough estimate over $1 million. The tornado was moving southeast and the worst of the damage east side of the homes. One woman was injured by falling debris inside a home. About 20 other homes in the area had

superficial damage.

Wider weather episode

Shortwave disturbance traversing Gulf Coast states produced a mesoscale convective system (MCS) ahead of a slow-moving cold front over the western Gulf that rapidly propagated away from the front across the central and eastern gulf and into West-Central and Southwest Florida during the morning and afternoon hours, producing a tornado and severe wind gust, along with additional wind damage reports.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 943554. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.