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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
427 PM EDT Mon May 1 2023

...NWS Damage Survey for 04/30/2023 Tornado...

A band of early morning showers developed a circulation with a 
brief tornado touching down in eastern Charlotte County. A 
virtual survey was done based off of damage photos. A metal barn 
was destroyed, several telephone poles were snapped, a section 
of a fence was destroyed, and a trailer was overturned and pushed 
into a tree. Start and end points are estimated based off of 
radar data.

.Charlotte County Tornado...

Rating:                 EF-1
Estimated Peak Wind:    110 mph
Path Length /statute/:  0.51 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   50 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/30/2023
Start Time:             6:38 AM EDT
Start Location:         20 Miles E of Punta Gorda
Start Lat/Lon:          26.9437 / -81.5884

End Date:               04/30/2023
End Time:               6:41 AM EDT
End Location:           21 Miles E of Punta Gorda
End Lat/Lon:            26.9494 / -81.5828


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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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