Tornadoes · United States · Florida · 2020

EF0 tornado, Linden, Florida, June 6, 2020

This EF0 tornado ran 0.3 miles across Sumter County on June 6, 2020, touching down at 5:53 PM EDT and reaching 75 yards wide. It killed nobody.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  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.

The record

Rating
EF0
Date
June 6, 2020
Touchdown
5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)
Lifted
5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
On the ground
5 minutes
Path length
0.3 miles (0.4 km)
Path width
75 yards (69 m)
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
County
Sumter County
Touchdown point
28.570, -82.010
Lift-off point
28.567, -82.008
Record number
2006061553-01

What the Weather Service recorded

Tropical Storm Cristobal developed in the southern Gulf of Mexico on June 1 before moving north and making landfall in southeast Louisiana on June 7. Effects across the FL peninsula associated with the eastern periphery of the tropical storm included heavy rainfall, gusty winds and a few tornadoes.

Trained spotter reported a quick tornado touch down on Hwy 50 picking up dirt. No damage was reported.

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

The warnings

No tornado warning for this county appears in the archive as in force at the moment the tornado touched down. One was issued for the county at another hour that day.

Issued (UTC)ExpiredProductOffice
18:57 UTC19:30 UTCSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBW
19:27 UTC20:00 UTCTornado WarningTBW
22:04 UTC22:11 UTCTornado WarningTBW

Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.

The forecast that day

The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Marginal Risk, with a 0.02 chance of a tornado within 25 miles. The outlook in force was issued at 19:57 UTC.

SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.

The air that afternoon

The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), 12:00Z

9.9 hours before the tornado, 103 km from the path. June 6, 2020.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel lifted from the surface. Mixed-layer CAPE 476 joules per kilogram, CIN -19, lifted condensation level 596 meters above ground. Wind barbs in knots down the right edge.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers as a curve, rings every 10 meters per second labeled in knots. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 square meters per square second, 0 to 6 km bulk shear 24 knots.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.
Mixed-layer CAPE
476 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Surface CAPE
255 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.7
0-3 km lapse rate
5.2 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), 00:00Z

2.1 hours after it, 103 km from the path. June 7, 2020.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel lifted from the surface. Mixed-layer CAPE 455 joules per kilogram, CIN -2, lifted condensation level 447 meters above ground. Wind barbs in knots down the right edge.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers as a curve, rings every 10 meters per second labeled in knots. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second, 0 to 6 km bulk shear 36 knots.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.
Mixed-layer CAPE
455 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Surface CAPE
375 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
447 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.1
0-3 km lapse rate
4.7 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 21:53 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.

What was reported nearby

Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.

Time (UTC)ReportWhereCountyRemark
19:40 UTCFUNNEL CLOUD3 Wsw Lake PanasoffkeeSumter, FLFUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER WEST OF LAKE PANASOFFKEE.
20:15 UTCTSTM WND DMG4 Wsw Lake WeirMarion, FLTREES AND POWER LINES WERE DAMAGED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS FROM BELLEVIEW TO SUMMERFIELD ALONG SE 95TH COURT, NW 20TH AVE, 92TH LOOP AND SE 126TH PLACE.
21:00 UTCHEAVY RAIN 4.593 Sse SantosMarion, FLA MESONET SITE MEASURED A STORM TOTAL DAILY RAINFALL OF 4.59 INCHES ALONG SE 108TH LANE IN BELLEVIEW. OTHER OBSERATIONS AROUND THIS LOCATION MEASURED 3.5 TO 4.5 INCHES WITHIN THE PAST 2 HOURS.
21:40 UTCFUNNEL CLOUD5 Ese Bay LakeOrange, FLNWS EMPLOYEE RELAYED A REPORT FROM A FAMILY MEMBER OF A FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN CELEBRATION AND HUNTERS CREEK MOVING NORTH OFF OF HIGHWAY 417 AROUND 540 PM.
21:53 UTCTORNADO4 Se WebsterSumter, FLTRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A QUICK TORNADO TOUCH DOWN ON HIGHWAY 50 PICKING UP DIRT. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.
22:00 UTCHEAVY RAIN 5.381 Wnw BelleviewMarion, FLA MESONET SITE MEASURED A STORM TOTAL DAILY RAINFALL OF 5.38 INCHES ALONG SE 110TH ST IN BELLEVIEW. OTHER OBSERATIONS AROUND THIS LOCATION MEASURED 4 TO 5 INCHES.
22:07 UTCTORNADO2 N Oak RidgeOrange, FLMULTIPLE VIDEOS RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF A LANDSPOUT TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN IN THE AREA OF I4 AND THE MALL AT MILLENIA. TIME AND LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM RADAR AND VIDEOS.
22:10 UTCFUNNEL CLOUD5 Nnw Oak RidgeOrange, FLTRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD THAT LOWERED AND THEN LIFTED BACK UP LOOKING WEST FROM ORLANDO AROUND 610PM. LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
22:20 UTCTORNADO6 Nnw WildwoodSumter, FLONE BARN DAMAGED AND HOME WITH ROOF DAMAGE AT CR466 AND CR227.
22:30 UTCTSTM WND DMG3 W Altamonte SpringsSeminole, FLA MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REPORTS A LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF BEAR LAKE ROAD AND HOLLIDAY ROAD IN FOREST CITY.
00:00 UTCHEAVY RAIN 7.612 Wsw Silver Springs ShMarion, FLA MESONET SITE MEASURED A STORM TOTAL DAILY RAINFALL OF 7.61 INCHES NEAR LEEWARD AIR RANCH IN SILVER SPRINGS SHORES. OTHER OBSERVATIONS AROUND THIS LOCATION MEASURED 6.5 TO 7.5 INCHES.
00:32 UTCTSTM WND DMG1 N Four CornersOsceola, FLPUBLIC REPORTED TREES DOWNED AND AND STRONG WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60-70MPH IN FOUR CORNERS.
00:32 UTCTSTM WND DMG1 N Four CornersOsceola, FLPUBLIC REPORTED TREES DOWNED AND AND STRONG WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60-70MPH IN FOUR CORNERS. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service local storm reports.

This ground now

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The other tornadoes of June 6, 2020

7 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 62:51 PM MDTEF1Carbon, WY1.2600
June 65:59 PM EDTEF0Pinellas, FL0.975$30,000
June 66:07 PM EDTEF0Orange, FL0.010
June 66:20 PM EDTEF0Sumter, FL0.575$40,000
June 66:40 PM EDTEF0Orange, FL0.020
June 67:20 PM EDTEF1Orange, FL5.1500$956,000
June 68:27 PM EDTEF0Volusia, FL2.0200

What this means

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.

Sources

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