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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
550 PM EDT WED MAY 13 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/12/26 TORNADO EVENT
A QUASI-STATIONARY SURFACE BOUNDARY DRAPED WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PENINSULA AND AN APPROACHING UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE
COMBINED TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT OF MODERATE SHEAR AND
INSTABILITY OVER PARTS OF THE NATURE COAST AND WEST CENTRAL
FLORIDA FAVORING ORGANIZED CONVECTION ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AS A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT ORIGINATED OVER THE EASTERN GULF
DURING THE MORNING SLOWLY TRAVERSED EASTWARD AND APPROACHED THE
WESTERN FLORIDA COAST BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A STORM EXHIBITING
SUPERCELL CHARACTERISTICS WHILE OFFSHORE OVER THE EASTERN GULF
MOVED ASHORE NEAR HUDSON IN PASCO COUNTY, PRODUCING AN EF-0
TORNADO AROUND 1814 UTC (2:14 PM EDT) THAT TRAVELED FOR JUST OVER
ONE MILE CROSSING U.S. HWY 19 NEAR HUDSON BEFORE DISSIPATING.
INDICATIONS OF INTERMITTENT STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE
OBSERVED NORTHEAST OF WHERE THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE
DISSIPATED, BEFORE RADAR INDICATED INCREASING ROTATION WEST OF
SHADY HILLS ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER, AND A SECOND TORNADO IS
ESTIMATED TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 1843 UTC (2:43 PM EDT),
PRODUCING EF-0 DAMAGE WHILE MOVING VERY SLOWLY AND TRACKING LESS
THAN ONE MILE BEFORE DISSIPATING.
HUDSON TORNADO
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.19 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/12/2026
START TIME: 02:14 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 SW HUDSON / PASCO COUNTY / FL
START LAT/LON: 28.3493 / -82.7068
END DATE: 05/12/2026
END TIME: 02:19 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 E HUDSON / PASCO COUNTY / FL
END LAT/LON: 28.3562 / -82.6890
A STORM EXHIBITING SUPERCELL CHARACTERISTICS FOR MULTIPLE HOURS
WHILE OFFSHORE MOVED ASHORE WITH A TORNADO ESTIMATED TO HAVE
TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 1814 UTC (2:14 PM EDT) NEAR HUDSON IN PASCO
COUNTY, WHILE CONTINUING TO EXHIBIT A ROTATIONAL SIGNATURE VIA
KTBW WSR-88D AND TTPA TDWR. DAMAGE WAS INITIALLY OBSERVED ALONG
SALTWATER BLVD, WHERE A TREE BRANCH WAS SNAPPED AND FELL ONTO A
POWER LINE. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE POINTS WERE NOTED FURTHER EAST ALONG
SALTWATER BLVD, WITH TWO HOMES SUFFERING PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE OR
LOSS. ADDITIONAL HOMES SUFFERED VARIOUS DEGREES OF ROOF, LANAI OR
CARPORT DAMAGE AT POINTS NORTHWARD ACROSS PUFFIN, HERON AND CURLEW
LANES, WHILE TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ACROSS NEARBY OSPREY AND GULL
LANES. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED U.S. HWY 19 BEFORE THE RADAR
SIGNATURE BECAME INCREASINGLY DISORGANIZED SHORTLY THEREAFTER,
AND IT IS LIKELY THAT THE TORNADO DISSIPATED SOMETIME AROUND 1819
UTC (2:19 PM EDT) BETWEEN WHITBY ROAD AND LAKESHORE BLVD AFTER
TRAVELING FOR JUST OVER ONE MILE.
SHADY HILLS TORNADO
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.69 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/12/2026
START TIME: 02:43 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 4 ESE ARIPEKA / PASCO COUNTY / FL
START LAT/LON: 28.4008 / -82.6078
END DATE: 05/12/2026
END TIME: 02:48 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 4 SSW SPRING HILL / PASCO COUNTY / FL
END LAT/LON: 28.3948/ -82.5991
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SECOND CIRCULATION BECAME APPARENT WEST OF
SHADY HILLS AROUND 20 MINUTES AFTER THE CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED
WITH THE HUDSON TORNADO WEAKENED, AND IT IS ESTIMATED THAT A
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR GLADWIN AVENUE TO THE WEST OF EAST ROAD
AT APPROXIMATELY 1843 UTC (2:43 PM EDT). DAMAGE FROM THIS TORNADO
CONSISTED LARGELY OF SNAPPED TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES, ALTHOUGH A
LARGE TREE WAS UPROOTED AND DOWNED ONTO A MOBILE HOME ALONG EDEN
AVENUE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF EAST ROAD. THE TORNADO MOVED VERY
SLOWLY EAST AND EAST-SOUTHEAST WHILE APPEARING TO EXHIBIT A BIT OF
A BINARY INTERACTION WITH THE REMNANT CIRCULATION THAT PRODUCED
THE HUDSON TORNADO THAT WAS LOCATED TO ITS EAST, BEFORE RADAR
INDICATED IT LIKELY DISSIPATED AROUND 1848 UTC (2:48 PM EDT), LESS
THAN ONE MILE FROM WHERE IT IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN.
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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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