EF0 tornado, North Port, Florida, July 24, 2007

1. EF065 to 85 mphthis tornado

   Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

2. EF186 to 110 mph

   Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

3. EF2111 to 135 mph

   Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

4. EF3136 to 165 mph

   Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

5. EF4166 to 200 mph

   Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

6. EF5over 200 mph

   Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

7. Unrated

   The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Rating

EF0

Date

July 24, 2007

Touchdown

2:20 PM EDT (18:20 UTC)

Lifted

2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)

On the ground

1 minutes

Path length

0.2 miles (0.3 km)

Path width

30 yards (27 m)

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$1,000

County

Sarasota County

Touchdown point

27.000, -81.909

Lift-off point

27.000, -81.909

Record number

0707241220-01

Scattered thunderstorms developed along the west coast sea breeze front.

A brief tornado touchdown was viewed by the public near the intersections of Price Blvd. and Raintree Blvd. Law enforcement found debris in the road from downed trees and road signs.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Jul 24, 1:30 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
501 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-242115-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
501 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND POSSIBLY
SMALL HAIL. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF
STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY URBAN AREAS.

...WATERSPOUT IMPACT...
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FEW WATERSPOUTS TODAY. COASTAL
RESIDENTS SHOULD BE VIGILANT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH
AFTERNOON WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. A FEW PULSE SEVERE
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED.

OGLESBY

Punta Gorda (PGD), 12 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 18:21 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

The live radar over the trackEvery 2007 tornado in FloridaEvery tornado in Florida since 1950Warnings in force in Florida nowThe forecast where you are

2 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.