264  
NOUS42 KTBW 262030  
PNSTBW  
FLZ043-050-052-056-057-061-139-142-148-149-151-155-160-162-165-  
239-242-248-249-251-255-260-262-265-270830-  
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL  
430 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2025  
   
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/25/25 TORNADO EVENT  
 
   
OVERVIEW  
 
ON JUNE 25TH 2025, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER PINELLAS  
COUNTY AS THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES COLLIDED.  
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FURTHER ENHANCED BY A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL  
LOW OVER THE STATE, LEADING TO COLDER AND DRIER AIR ALOFT THAT  
ENHANCED THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. WHILE  
NUMEROUS HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED FROM ST.  
PETERSBURG TO SEMINOLE, A LANDSPOUT ALSO DEVELOPED IN LARGO, FL,  
ALONG COLLIDING SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES.  
 
THE SETUP LEADING TO THE LANDSPOUT'S DEVELOPMENT WAS COMPLEX. TWO  
BOUNDARIES COLLIDED OVER LARGO - ONE FROM A STRONG CELL TO THE SW  
AND ONE FROM ANOTHER STRONG CELL TO THE EAST. AS THESE BOUNDARIES  
COLLIDED, A NEW UPDRAFT BEGAN TO DEVELOP WHERE THE COLLISION TOOK  
PLACE. STRONG DOWNDRAFTS FROM BOTH CELLS ESSENTIALLY SANDWICHED THE  
BOUNDARY AND THE DEVELOPING UPDRAFT BETWEEN THE MORE MATURE CELLS -  
FORCING THE DEVELOPING CELL TO TAKE A DEVIANT TRACK TO THE NORTH,  
RIGHT ALONG THE BOUNDARY COLLISION. THIS CAUSED THE CELL TO BEGIN  
ROTATING.  
 
AT APPROXIMATELY 6:57PM EDT, THE TTPA TDWR OBSERVED ROTATION JUST  
SOUTH OF BELCHER RD NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH BRYAN DAIRY RD.  
REFLECTIVITY DATA AT THE SAME TIME SHOWED ALMOST NO PRECIPITATION ON  
THE 0.3 DEGREE SLICE, BUT A STILL-SUSPENDED AND DEVELOPING CORE  
ALOFT AT HIGHER TILTS. THE ROTATION WAS NOT DISTINGUISHABLE ON THE  
KTBW RADAR, GIVEN THE DEVELOPING CELL'S MOTION WITH RESPECT TO THE  
BEAM ANGLE. ULTIMATELY, THE ANGLE MASKED THE ACTUAL STORM-RELATIVE  
VELOCITY. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MINUTES, THE ROTATION INTENSIFIED AND  
AT 7:02PM, THE FIRST DAMAGE OCCURRED AT A SHOPPING CENTER NEAR THE  
AFOREMENTIONED INTERSECTION. OVER THE NEXT EIGHT MINUTES, ADDITIONAL  
DAMAGE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED ALONG A TRACK ORIENTED SSW TO NNE. THE  
MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN THE RANCHERO VILLAGE  
COMMUNITY, WHERE SEVERAL MOBILE/MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES WERE BADLY  
DAMAGED, INDICATING A PEAK INTENSITY OF AROUND 90 MPH.  
 
AT 7:10PM, THE LANDSPOUT DISSIPATED AS THE TTPA TDWR DATA SHOWS THE  
MESOCYCLONE WEAKENING. THIS TOOK PLACE AS A GUST FRONT FROM ANOTHER  
MATURE CELL TO THE EAST ARRIVED, ALTERING THE ABILITY FOR THE  
DEVELOPING CELL TO REMAIN ON THE BOUNDARY THAT WAS ALLOWING IT TO  
SPIN. IN TOTAL, THE FEATURE WAS TRACKED FOR JUST OVER 2 MILES AND  
HAD A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 100 YARDS.  
   
LARGO TORNADO  
 
RATING: EF-1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.11 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 06/25/2025  
START TIME: 07:02 PM EDT  
START LOCATION: 3 SE LARGO / PINELLAS COUNTY / FL  
START LAT/LON: 27.8715 / -82.7436  
 
END DATE: 06/25/2025  
END TIME: 07:10 PM EDT  
END LOCATION: 2 ESE LARGO / PINELLAS COUNTY / FL  
END LAT/LON: 27.9016 / -82.7369  
 
 
 
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE  
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:  
 
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH  
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH  
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH  
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH  
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH  
EF5.....>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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