What the record says
On 31 March 2022, a tornado touched down near Wausau, Florida. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 12.1 miles long and up to 200 yards wide, rated EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale. It killed 2 people and injured 1.
- EF3Enhanced Fujita rating
- 2deaths
- 1injury
- 12.1 mipath length
- 200 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 3 and killed at least one person.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 30.64, -85.51 and the end point at 30.75, -85.36 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Florida
- Orlando, Florida tornado22 February 1998, F3, 25 deaths, 150 injuries, 28 miles long
- Pace, Florida tornado31 March 1962, F3, 17 deaths, 100 injuries, 6.9 miles long
- DeLand, Florida tornado2 February 2007, EF3, 13 deaths, 51 injuries, 26 miles long
- Sanford, Florida tornado22 February 1998, F3, 13 deaths, 36 injuries, 16 miles long
- Clearwater, Florida tornado4 April 1966, F4, 11 deaths, 530 injuries, 135.8 miles long
- The Villages, Florida tornado2 February 2007, EF3, 8 deaths, 10 injuries, 10.5 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 2022
- Newton, Iowa tornado5 March 2022, EF4, 6 deaths, 5 injuries, 70.6 miles long
- Mancelona, Michigan tornado20 May 2022, EF3, 2 deaths, 44 injuries, 17.5 miles long
- Pembroke, Georgia tornado5 April 2022, EF4, 1 death, 12 injuries, 14.4 miles long
- Daingerfield, Texas tornado4 November 2022, EF3, 1 death, 8 injuries, 16.9 miles long
- New Orleans, Louisiana tornado22 March 2022, EF3, 1 death, 2 injuries, 11.5 miles long
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