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EF0 tornado in Wakulla County, Florida

Tornado September 8, 2021 · Wakulla County, Florida

EF0

Rating

1.4 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

A brief tornado touched down in a forested area of rural Wakulla county and tracked across Forest Road 365 before lifting. There were no structures in the path to damage, and only tree damage occurred. A tornadic debris signature (TDS) was observed on TLH radar.

The wider storm

Tropical Storm Mindy developed just southwest of the area and moved northeastward, bringing with it heavy rain and gusty winds with several reports of trees and power lines down and some flooding. Two homes were damaged in Leon county from falling trees, but no injuries were reported. One brief tornado occurred in a rural, forested area of Wakulla county with no structural damage.

Began near Arran (30.1599, -84.4497).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 978429. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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