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EF0 tornado in Collier County, Florida

Tornado January 16, 2022 · Collier County, Florida

EF0
Rating
5.5 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

Members of the public shared video of the tornadoes it passed near Everglades City after coming ashore. The survey observed a leaning power pole along Tamiami Trail just east of the intersection with State Road 29. The damage was tornadic in nature and matches with radar velocity/reflectivity at the time as a strong circulation passed over. Estimated peak wind of 85 mph.

The wider storm

An area of low pressure moving across the SE United States dragged its associated cold front across the FL peninsula, bringing severe thunderstorms to the region. A band of thunderstorms moved through the area, with strong winds aloft providing the necessary ingredients for a few waterspouts/tornadoes as well as strong and gusty straight line winds.

Began near Everglades City (25.8600, -81.4100).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Collier County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 995677. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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