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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
254 PM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/20/2020 TORNADO EVENT...

.Overview...Video showed a waterspout moving onshore of the 
coast in Homosassa, and that same area of rotation continued
along a nearly easterly path. This created a narrow damage path 
starting across a mobile home park near Buzzard Point causing 7 
structures with minor damage and 2 structures with major damage. 
Several trees were then downed or snapped in the Homosassa 
Springs Wildlife Park, and snapped power poles, a billboard 
down, the sail of a gas station blown off, and one business 
with major damage on US Highway 19 and Grover Cleveland 
Boulevard before lifting.  

.Citrus County Tornado...

Rating:                 EF-0
Estimated Peak Wind:    80 mph
Path Length /statute/:  7.25 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   35 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             April 20, 2020
Start Time:             9:39 AM EDT
Start Location:         3 miles W of Homosassa
Start Lat/Lon:          28.7899/-82.6938

End Date:               April 20, 2020
End Time:               9:48 AM EDT
End Location:           Homosassa Springs
End Lat/Lon:            28.8020/-82.5755

EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0...Weak......65 to 85 mph
EF1...Weak......86 to 110 mph
EF2...Strong....111 to 135 mph
EF3...Strong....136 to 165 mph
EF4...Violent...166 to 200 mph
EF5...Violent...>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS
Storm Data.

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