THE ACREAGE, Fla. — Officials with the National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed that a brief EF0 tornado touched down Monday evening in The Acreage.
The NWS said that the tornado was spawned by a "supercell thunderstorm" that moved northeast across Palm Beach County from Lion Country Safari through the city of Westlake and into The Acreage.
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WPTV reporter Michael Hoffman spoke to residents who were affected by Monday's severe weather.
Corey J and his wife Johanna said they were at home when the storm ripped through.
“It was raining all day yesterday, but it was like peaceful rain,” said Corey J. "As far as like tornadoes that hit the community like that, that's unheard of. I've never heard of that. I'm just glad and happy and thank God that nobody got hurt."
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Officials said the storm did not produce a continuous tornado, but "brief EF0 level touchdowns" were identified.
The tornado, which began at 6:12 p.m. and ended five minutes later, had peak winds of 85 mph with a path length of 5.11 miles and a width of 10 yards.
"In general, the majority of the damage was located in The Acreage and was confined to minor tree damage at the low end of the EF0 scale," the NWS report said. "There were however a couple of locations where large pines were snapped near the trunk, resulting in a high-end EF0 classification."
No injuries were reported from the twister.
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