PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 510 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014...CORRECTED EVENT DATE. ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 07/06/14 TORNADO EVENT... .OVERVIEW...A LARGE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ONE OF THE STORMS BECAME SEVERE AND PRODUCED LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND A BRIEF TORNADO IN NORTHERN TITUSVILLE. .NORTH TITUSVILLE TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 65-75 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.09 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 35 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: JUL 06 2014 START TIME: 243 PM EDT START LOCATION: 2 SSW MIMS / BREVARD COUNTY / FL START LAT/LON: 28.6506 / -80.8433 END DATE: JUL 06 2014 END TIME: 243 PM EDT END LOCATION: 1 SSW MIMS / BREVARD COUNTY / FL END_LAT/LON: 28.6515 / -80.8423 SURVEY SUMMARY: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A SOUTHWEST-TO-NORTHEAST ALIGNED DAMAGE PATH. SEVERAL EYEWITNESSES OBSERVATIONS AND VIDEO EVIDENCE CONFIRMED A BRIEF EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WITHIN THE OVERALL DAMAGE SWATH. SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THREE HOMES ON OKLAHOMA STREET...OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY AND BRANDYWINE CIRCLE IN NORTH TITUSVILLE. INFLOW WINDS PRODUCED LIGHT DAMAGE...MAINLY TO TREES AND FENCES EITHER SIDE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE PATH. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 65 TO 75 MPH. BREVARD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTED WITH THE DAMAGE SURVEY. THE NWS WISHES TO THANK THE MANY RESIDENTS WHO PROVIDED EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE STORM AND SHARED STORM VIDEOS. 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. $$ SPRATT
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 21:38:43 +0000
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