956
NOUS42 KMLB 241944
PNSMLB
FLZ041-044>046-053-058-141-144-154-159-164-247-254-259-264-347-
447-547-647-747-250745-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
344 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 08/23/25 TORNADO EVENT
CITY OF PORT ST. LUCIE TORNADO
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.1 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 08/23/2026
START TIME: 6:10 PM EDT
START LOCATION: PORT ST. LUCIE / ST. LUCIE COUNTY / FL
START LAT/LON: 27.253 / -80.316
END DATE: 08/23/2026
END TIME: 6:25 PM EDT
END LOCATION: PORT ST. LUCIE / ST. LUCIE COUNTY / FL
END LAT/LON: 27.244 / -80.346
A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN PORT ST. LUCIE ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2026,
WAS CONFIRMED THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHIC AND VIDEO EVIDENCE, STORM
SPOTTER REPORTS, AND A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY. THE
TORNADO DEVELOPED NEAR THE NORTH FORK OF THE ST. LUCIE RIVER
AROUND 6:10 PM EDT AND TRACKED GENERALLY WEST-SOUTHWEST ACROSS
PORTIONS OF PORT ST. LUCIE BEFORE LIFTING NEAR THE FLORIDA
TURNPIKE AROUND 6:25 PM EDT.
THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN EAST OF THE TARPON BAY YACHT
CLUB NEAR SE PRUITT ROAD AND SE MORNINGSIDE BOULEVARD BEFORE
MOVING WEST TOWARD THE CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX, WHERE MINOR STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE OCCURRED PRIMARILY TO ROOFS AND AWNINGS. IT THEN MOVED
OVER THE ST. LUCIE RIVER AS A WATERSPOUT, WHERE VIDEOS FROM THE
PUBLIC SHOWED IT MEANDERING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. THE CIRCULATION
EVENTUALLY RESUMED A SOUTHWESTWARD MOTION, CROSSING A NARROW
BARRIER ISLAND WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE DAMAGED BEFORE MOVING BACK
OVER THE RIVER.
AT APPROXIMATELY 6:20 PM EDT, THE WATERSPOUT MOVED ASHORE NEAR
THE BAY ST. LUCIE COMMUNITY, WHERE A COUPLE OF HOMES SUSTAINED
ROOF DAMAGE IN THE FORM OF DISPLACED OR MISSING TILES, SEVERAL
LARGE TREE BRANCHES WERE DOWNED, AND A BOAT ON A LIFT WAS TOPPLED
INTO THE WATER. THE TORNADO LIKELY REACHED ITS MAXIMUM INTENSITY
AND WIDTH IN THIS AREA, WITH PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED AT 65 TO 75 MPH
AND A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED INTO THE WOODED PRESERVE BEHIND THE HOMES OF BAY ST.
LUCIE, WHERE VEGETATIVE DAMAGE WAS NOTED, MAINLY IN THE FORM OF
DOWNED TREES, THOUGH THE DAMAGE WAS DISCONTINUOUS IN NATURE.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED WEST TOWARD THE SOUTHBEND SECTION OF PORT
ST. LUCIE, WHERE HOMES IN AND AROUND JESSICA CLINTON PARK
SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO FENCES, AWNINGS, AND POOL ENCLOSURES.
SEVERAL LARGE TREE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN, WITH ISOLATED ROOF DAMAGE
ALSO NOTED. DAMAGE IN THIS AREA WAS CONSISTENT WITH PEAK WINDS OF
60 TO 70 MPH. THE TORNADO LIKELY LIFTED NEAR OR OVER THE FLORIDA
TURNPIKE AT APPROXIMATELY 6:25 PM EDT.
THERE ARE NO KNOWN INJURIES OR FATALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE
TORNADO. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE WOULD LIKE TO
THANK THE CITY OF PORT ST. LUCIE, ST. LUCIE COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT, LOCAL RESIDENTS, AND THE MEDIA FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN
PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT.
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/LAW
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page