Florida, 2022

Tornado in Florida, June 11, 2022

June 11, 2022 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Brief tornado causes damage near Grove City in Charlotte County.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.

Brief tornado causes damage near Grove City in Charlotte County.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 11, 12:47 AM EST, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 12:47 AM EST, 51 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
147 AM EDT Sat Jun 11 2022

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 137 AM EDT Sat Jun 11 2022

SCT SHRA/ISOLD TSRA with CB will continue to push onshore from
the Gulf today with periods of MVFR/LCL IFR at the terminals
through mid afternoon. Then convection winds down at it pushes
inland. Light S winds become SW and W AOB 12KT...but gusty near
TSRA/CB. winds back and diminish AFT sunset.

&&

.UPDATE...
Issued at 801 PM EDT Fri Jun 10 2022

Minor adjustments made to PoPs for latest obs/trends, otherwise
forecast is on track. Cluster of storms in Lee County and the Ft.
Myers area will continue exiting the to the south and east over
the next hour or two, while lingering stratiform rain extending to
the northeast through Charlotte into Highlands counties will
gradually diminish later this evening. Showers and a few storms
expected to redevelop over the coastal waters overnight before
affecting coastal locations and moving eastward through the
morning, setting up another round of showers and storms for
Saturday, much like today. Muggy overnight with lows in the
lower/mid 70s followed by highs in the mid/upper 80s on Saturday.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TPA  86  77  89  77 /  70  30  60  10
FMY  89  75  92  75 /  70  10  40   0
GIF  89  74  91  74 /  70  10  70  10
SRQ  87  75  89  76 /  70  20  40  10
BKV  87  72  89  73 /  70  30  60  10
SPG  86  77  88  78 /  70  30  50  10

&&

Sea Breeze Thunderstorm Regime For Saturday: 5

Sea Breeze Thunderstorm Regime For Sunday: 5

For Additional Information On Sea Breeze Regimes go to
https://www.weather.gov/tbw/ThunderstormClimatology

&&

.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...None.
Gulf waters...None.

&&

AVIATION...Rude
UPDATE....Hurt

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:40 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Charlotte

When
June 11, 1:38 AM EST to 1:39 AM EST
Where
Charlotte County, 1.85 mi NW of Rotunda West to 1.87 mi NW of Rotunda West
Rating
EF0
Path length
0.06 mi
Path width
25 yd
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
26.890, -82.290

EM reported a destroyed pool cage in Rotonda neighborhood as well as minor roof damage to another home in the vicinity.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1026931.