PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
640 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

...TORNADO SURVEY FOR JUNE 21 PORT CHARLOTTE AREA TORNADOES...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN THE PORT CHARLOTTE AREA
WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE COLLIDED WITH
THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE. RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE STORMS
LED TO AT LEAST TWO TORNADOES.


TARPON BLVD TORNADO
- STRENGTH: F2 (125 MPH)
- PATH: 1.5 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST TO 2.7 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST
        OF DOWNTOWN PORT CHARLOTTE.
- PATH LENGTH: 3 MILES
- PATH WIDTH: 200 FEET, VERY NARROW DAMAGE PATH
- DATE/TIME: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006, 717 PM EDT TO 737 PM EDT
- INJURIES: 3, NO FATALITIES
- DAMAGE: ABOUT 25 HOMES DAMAGED
- DAMAGE AMOUNT: ESTIMATED $500,000
- NOTES: MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS F0/F1. THE F2 DAMAGE OCCURRED
         AT HOMES ON THE 300 BLOCK OF EAST TARPON BLVD NW. ONE
         HOME WAS DESTROYED AND DEBRIS FROM THE ROOF WAS FOUND
         IMPALED INTO THE GROUND ONE HALF MILE AWAY. A MAN WAS
         IN A MOTOR HOME WHEN IT FLIPPED OVER FIVE TIMES AND
         REQUIRED NUMEROUS STITCHES. ONLY THE FLOOR BOARD AND
         WHEELS OF THE RV REMAINED.


HARBOR VIEW TORNADO
- STRENGTH:  F0 (60 MPH)
- PATH: 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE HARBOR
- PATH LENGTH:  1/2 MILE
- PATH WIDTH: 300 FEET
- DATE/TIME: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006, 727 PM EDT TO 732 PM EDT
- INJURIES: 0, NO FATALITIES
- DAMAGE: ABOUT 15 MANUFACTURED HOMES DAMAGED
- DAMAGE AMOUNT: ESTIMATED $30,000 IN DAMAGE
- NOTES: LIKELY FORMED AS A WATERSPOUT THEN MOVED ONSHORE IN
         THE MOBILE HOME PARK AND RAPIDLY DISSIPATED. DAMAGE
         WAS MOSTLY TO ALUMINUM CAR PORTS AND SMALL SHEDS.


A MAP OF THE TORNADO PATHS AND PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE WILL BE
AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW
FRIDAY EVENING.

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NOAH