A meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Jacksonville said Sunday that the strong storm that passed through Marion County on Saturday, ripping apart everything in its path, was an EF-1 tornado with maximum sustained wind speed of 110 mph.
Pete Wolf said tornadoes have a scale of 0 to 5, with 0 being the weakest and 5 the strongest. Saturday's tornado was an EF-1.
Wolf said the tornado's path began near Dunnellon and traveled east, ending 5 miles east of Ocala. Its maximum sustained wind speed was 110 mph, and its width was 65 yards. The meteorologist said the storm traveled 26 miles at 50 to 60 mph, making it "a fast-moving tornado."
