{"id":391973,"date":"2026-09-06T07:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T07:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/391973\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T07:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T07:08:29","slug":"ef-0-tornado-in-port-st-lucie-florida-aug-23-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/391973\/","title":{"rendered":"EF-0 Tornado In Port St Lucie Florida, Aug 23, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Overview<\/p>\n<p>On the evening of August 23rd, 2026, a strong thunderstorm interacting with the sea breeze produced a weak tornado in Port St Lucie, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Tornadoes:<\/p>\n<p>Select a tornado from the table to zoom into the track and view more information. The default table view is limited to 8 tracks, but can be scrolled by a mouse wheel or dynamically expanded. Additionally, the table can fill the entire window by clicking the small circular expanding arrow icon at the very top right of the table and returned to its original size by clicking the button again. The side information panel that opens over the map can be closed using the &#8220;X&#8221; on the upper right corner of the pop-up. Zoom into the map and click damage points to see detailed information and pictures from the surveys.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"expand\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/mlb\/javascript:void();\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How to Use the Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tEF0<br \/>Weak<br \/>65-85 mph<br \/>\n\t\t\tEF1<br \/>Moderate<br \/>86-110 mph<br \/>\n\t\t\tEF2<br \/>Significant<br \/>111-135 mph<br \/>\n\t\t\tEF3<br \/>Severe<br \/>136-165 mph<br \/>\n\t\t\tEF4<br \/>Extreme<br \/>166-200 mph<br \/>\n\t\t\tEF5<br \/>Catastrophic<br \/>200+ mph<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ef-scale\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EFScale.png\" style=\"width: 830px; height: 51px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Radar<\/p>\n<p>KMLB radar imagery at the time of the tornado are below, with an circle placed where the tornado occurred. Radar data showed weak and broad rotation at the lowest scan, which is at around 5,000 ft above the ground in this area, with average rotational velocity values of around 20 knots or less.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Radar Image\" class=\"magnify\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ref.png\" style=\"width: 180px; height: 120px;\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Radar Image\" class=\"magnify\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/srm.png\" style=\"width: 180px; height: 120px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tKMLB Reflectivity<br \/>\n\t\t\tKMLB Storm Relative Velocity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overview On the evening of August 23rd, 2026, a strong thunderstorm interacting with the sea breeze produced a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-391973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}