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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1123 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 08/04/25 TORNADO EVENT
NORTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY
RATING: EF-U
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: N/A
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.0 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 08/04/2025
START TIME: 07:14 PM EDT
START LOCATION: ST. CLOUD
START LAT/LON: 28.2879 / -81.1579
END DATE: 08/04/2025
END TIME: 07:22 PM EDT
END LOCATION: ST. CLOUD
END LAT/LON: 28.2893 / -81.1213
A BRIEF TORNADO OCCURRED OVER NORTHERN RURAL OSCEOLA COUNTY AS
CONFIRMED BY A COMBINATION OF VIDEO EVIDENCE FROM LOCAL MEDIA
PARTNERS AND DATA FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE
(KMLB) RADAR.
THE BRIEF, AND LIKELY WEAK, TORNADO DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF
NUMEROUS LOW-LEVEL BOUNDARY COLLISIONS. THE CIRCULATION IS
ESTIMATED TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 7:14 PM EDT ALONG
THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF LAKE JOEL IN ST. CLOUD, NEAR SUNGROVE LN AND
THE C-32 CANAL. KMLB RADAR DATA INDICATE THE CIRCULATION, ALONG
WITH A CORRESPONDING DEBRIS SIGNATURE, MOVED EAST OVER A DENSELY
WOODED AREA BEFORE SUBSEQUENTLY LIFTING AROUND 7:22 PM EDT, JUST
WEST OF STOREY BEND RD.
GIVEN LIMITED ACCESS TO THE AFFECTED AREA, THE TRACK IS
CONSIDERED APPROXIMATE, AND AN EF RATING CANNOT BE PROVIDED AT
THIS TIME. REFINEMENTS TO THE TRACK WILL BE MADE IF ADDITIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHIC OR VIDEO EVIDENCE BECOMES AVAILABLE.
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.
ULRICH
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