More than twenty frame structures and a shopping center were also demolished. In the Cocoa Beach area, 150 trailers were destroyed, The funnel remained aloft for most of its life span, and maximum damage was typical of an F-3 tornado. Total damages reached $50–100,000, and no deaths occurred. It moved inland over central Florida and closely paralleled the path of the more The second of the Tampa tornado family was recorded as an F-3 and touched down fifteen minutes later than its predecessor near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay.The F-4 tornado eventually moved across the state, then over the Cocoa area and lifted near Merritt Island. The first of the deadly Tampa tornado family touched down around 8:00 a.m.The F-4 tornado remains the fourth-deadliest tornado event recorded in Florida only tornadoes on March 1962, February 2007, and February 1998 caused more deaths in the state. Both F-4 tornadoes occurred during El Niño years. One of the tornadoes produced estimated F-4 damage on the Fujita scale it remains one of only two F-4 tornadoes to strike Florida, the other of which occurred in 1958. Two tornadoes affected the region, each of which featured a path length in excess The 1966 Tampa tornado family was a deadly tornado family that affected the I-4 corridor in Central Florida from the Tampa Bay area to Brevard County on April 4, 1966.Brevard experienced two EF-0 tornados in 2010 on January 22nd and March 28th, which resulted in minor commercial and/or residentialĭamage, vegetative debris, and severed power lines. Two people were injured and 52 homes were damaged when a Tropical Storm Fay-related EF-1 tornado touched down in 2008.While there was little to damage in the immediate area of the tornado, a path of downed tree limbs was noted immediately after the touchdown, from near the entrance of the RV Park Provided a detailed eyewitness account of the tornado touchdown. Two motorists traveling on Highway 50 observed the tornado briefly touchdown (illuminated by lightning strikes), just to the south of their locations. This location was also just north of the Great Outdoors RV Park. On June 24, 2012, the third and final tornado associated with a Tropical Storm Debby mini supercell that traveled from northern Okeechobee County to northern Brevard County occurred just south of State Road 50 and west of Interstate 95, to the west.Numerous pool screen enclosures totally collapsed. Other metal debris was carried downstream and a fence was blown down. Concrete roof tiles were carried downstream and penetrated several windows. The damage was embedded within a larger swath of strong straight-line winds which affected areas extending farther to the west and east. The Charolais Estates and Colfax Landing subdivisions in Viera/Rockledge. Another EF0 tornado with winds estimated at 75 to 85 mph, affected primarily Numerous trees were downed along Dixon Boulevard and Indian River Drive. The tornado produced minorĭamage to the roofs and outbuilding of several businesses along U.S. 1 and Dixon Boulevard in Cocoa and travelled northeast to the Indian River where it became a waterspout. On April 14, 2013, an EF0 tornado with winds estimated between 70 and 80 mph touched down near the Intersection of U.S.Inflow winds produced damage, mainly to trees and fences either side of the most significant damage path. To three homes on Oklahoma Street, Old Dixie Highway and Brandywine Circle in north Titusville. Several eyewitness reports and videos evidence confirmed a brief EF-0 tornado touched down within the overall damage swath. On July 6, 2014, a severe thunderstorm produced a southwest-to-northeast aligned damage path. Tornadoes in Brevard County have caused 12 fatalities and 638 injuries as recorded between 19. Brevard County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Florida state average.
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