Spring Storm Spawns Tornado In Boca Raton « CBS Miami
(Source: WBFS Miami)
BOCA RATON (CBS4) - Thursday’s powerful spring storm packed such a punch, the National Weather Service confirms a tornado touched down in Boca Raton.
NWS officials tell CBS4′s Carey Codd that an EF0 tornado touched down just before 3 p.m. in the area of 3000 N. Federal Highway. The twister packed winds of 70 miles per hour.
Several homes and businesses suffered minimal damage.
The twister ranked a zero, the lowest on the Enhanced Fujita scale, which classifies the tornado as “weak”.
Sherry Ferrante and her family cleaned up the yard of her Boca Raton home Thursday evening hours after they got quite a scare.
“All of a sudden it was this burst of really intense, really strong wind,” she said.
Ferrante took her family in the middle of the house. Minutes later they found that the tornado twisted the metal top of her boat, ripped out a neighbor’s tree and left a mess in her backyard. She said she’s seen other tornadoes here but not like this.
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Spring Storm Spawns Tornado In Boca Raton « CBS Miami
BOCA RATON (CBS4) - Thursday’s powerful spring storm packed such a punch, the National Weather Service confirms a tornado touched down in Boca Raton.
NWS officials tell CBS4′s Carey Codd that an EF0 tornado touched down just before 3 p.m. in the area of 3000 N. Federal Highway. The twister packed winds of 70 miles per hour.
Several homes and businesses suffered minimal damage.
The twister ranked a zero, the lowest on the Enhanced Fujita scale, which classifies the tornado as “weak”.
Sherry Ferrante and her family cleaned up the yard of her Boca Raton home Thursday evening hours after they got quite a scare.
“All of a sudden it was this burst of really intense, really strong wind,” she said.
Ferrante took her family in the middle of the house. Minutes later they found that the tornado twisted the metal top of her boat, ripped out a neighbor’s tree and left a mess in her backyard. She said she’s seen other tornadoes here but not like this.
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Spring Storm Spawns Tornado In Boca Raton « CBS Miami