EF0 tornado, Bonifay, Florida, October 25, 2022

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

October 25, 2022

Touchdown

11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)

Lifted

11:19 PM CDT (04:19 UTC)

On the ground

5 minutes

Path length

1.1 miles (1.8 km)

Path width

70 yards (64 m)

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$20,000

County

Holmes County

Touchdown point

30.777, -85.726

Lift-off point

30.778, -85.707

Record number

2210252214-01

8 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS TAE, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF0. The highest wind the damage implies is 75 mph.

• Skinny residential flag pole bent. Photo courtesy Holmes County Emergency Management.
• Fencing panels blown out. Photo courtesy Holmes County Emergency Management.
• Fence panels blown out. Photo courtesy Holmes County Emergency Management.
• Fence damage. Photo courtesy Holmes County Emergency Management.

Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.

A cold front moved through the area during the overnight hours of October 25th. A marginal risk of severe storms was expected from the Storm Prediction Center due to a low end combination of instability and wind shear. One brief tornado occurred in Holmes county, resulting in minor damage.

A tornado touched down in a densely wooded area west of Henry Grey road in southeastern Holmes county around 1114 pm CDT. The starting point was based on a tornadic debris signature (TDS) from the Eglin Air Force Base radar, as access to this area is extremely limited. The tornado continued east just north of Sand Path Road, but was likely quite weak by the time it reached Henry Grey road. No damage was noted to homes near this intersection. The only damage noted along the path was along Barefield Lane. At this location, a small metal outbuilding was lifted and tossed into a nearby power pole. In addition, numerous fence panels were blown out. Finally, a large tree limb fell onto a vehicle. However, no structural damage to any of the surrounding manufactured homes was noted. Maximum winds were estimated at this location to be around 75 mph. The tornado likely dissipated at this point at approximately 1119 pm CDT. No additional damage was seen to the east of this location, and the TDS dissipated on radar. The tornado was rated an EF0 with max winds around 75 mph. Thanks to Holmes County Emergency management for aiding in this assessment.

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

7 minutes of warning. NWS TAE issued a tornado warning for this county at 04:07 UTC, 7 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 04:30 UTC.

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 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 00:58 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 Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 04:13 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.

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

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

The live radar over the trackEvery 2022 tornado in FloridaEvery tornado in Florida since 1950Warnings in force in Florida nowThe forecast where you are

1 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.