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The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down in Sarasota County Saturday around 3:30 a.m.
WINK News has confirmed the tornado touched down in Myakka State Park. The tornado destroyed a camper, owned by Senior Forest Ranger Mike Corgnell. Corgnell told WINK News he was asleep when it hit. Our crew on the scene said the camper was completely destroyed, household items were thrown across the forest floor and part of the camper floor was thrown into a tree. Crews also reported seeing trees in the area twisted and broken.
Fortunately, no one was injured.
Andrew Mckaughan, a forecaster from the National Weather Service Office in Tampa surveyed the damage Saturday. He estimated the tornado’s winds were between 70 and 100 miles per hour, making it either an EF0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The official report from the National Weather Service Tampa Bay Office will follow later Saturday.
At 3:51 a.m, the National Weather Service put out an alert that indicated a tornado near Warm Mineral Springs in Sarasota County. The area was placed under a Tornado Warning until 4:15 a.m.
Courtesy of Wink News
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