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Tornado in Manatee County, Florida

Tornado October 28, 2021 · Manatee County, Florida

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Not rated

2.8 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.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Tornadic Debris Signature (TDS) observed via KTBW WSR 88D. No damage reports received.

The wider storm

Pre-frontal QLCS moves across the state south of a strong surface cyclone over the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys producing a variety of severe weather across the Florida peninsula.

Began near Parmalee (27.3900, -82.2200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 985428. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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