Damage Survey PNS from KMLB

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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
1050 AM EDT Fri Oct 25 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for 10/09/2024 Blue Cypress Tornado Event...

.Blue Cypress...

Rating:                 EFU
Estimated Peak Wind:    N/A mph
Path Length /statute/:  9.89 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   N/A yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             10/09/2024
Start Time:             02:58 PM EDT
Start Location:         4 SSW Blue Cypress Lake / Indian River County / FL
Start Lat/Lon:          27.689 / -80.7965

End Date:               10/09/2024
End Time:               03:18 PM EDT
End Location:           5 NNW Yeehaw Junction / Osceola County / FL
End Lat/Lon:            27.7749 / -80.9187

Survey Summary:
The National Weather Service in Melbourne confirms a tornado
impacted portions of rural Osceola and Indian River counties. The
tornado was one of several to impact the area as Hurricane
Milton's outer rainbands swept across the east central Florida.
The tornado has been confirmed using a combination of dual
polarimetric data from the KMLB WSR-88D as well as photographic
evidence from a local storm spotter. 

Based on a tornado debris signature (TDS), the circulation touched
down in rural Indian River County just west of Blue Cypress Lake
around 258 PM EDT where it continued on a west-northwest 
trajectory. The tornado was photographed by a local storm chaser 
along State Road 60. The circulation moved into rural Osceola 
County where it appears to have briefly intensified before 
dissipating near US Highway 441 around 318 PM EDT. 

A rating for this tornado is unable to be provided at this time
given limited access to the area. If additional photographic or
video evidence is provided, this survey will be updated. 

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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