![]() The tornado crossed I-95 just north of Blue Heron Boulevard. Apparently, the PBG-RB tornado first began causing damage near Northlake Boulevard and Military Trail and moved southeast to A Garden Walk mobile home park where the damage appeared to be in the upper end of F1. Miami National Weather Service Forecast Office (WFO) meteorologists determined that the main path of the PBG-RB tornado was approximately 1/6 mile (300 yards) wide at its widest point and about 4 miles long. However, the worst damage was apparently caused by winds near the upper end of that range, i.e., more than 100 mph. ![]() From all of the evidence considered, including some damage that was very close to F2 damage, WFO Miami classifies the Palm Beach Gardens-Riviera Beach (PBG-RB) tornado as F1 on the Fujita scale, meaning that winds with the tornado(es) were approximately 73 to 112 mph. The National Weather Service conducted a preliminary storm survey Thursday night from 830 PM until after 10 PM, and another survey Friday evening from about 5 PM until 7 PM. In addition, several cars and a few tractor trailers were apparently moved or tipped over, light poles were snapped, and many roofs were damaged or torn off. From newspaper reports most of the homes were mobile homes. Latest statistics from the emergency response team show no deaths, 28 injuries (mostly minor), 10 businesses with damage, 33 homes destroyed, 28 homes with major damage, and 236 homes affected. Map of the approximate damage path of the Palm Beach Gardens-Riviera Beach tornado Thursday, Augaround 530-540 PM EDT The hardest hit communities were Palm Beach Gardens and Riviera Beach. Apparently this tornado lifted or dissipated as it approached Donald Ross Road because no more damage was found south or southwest of The Falls subdivision until Northlake Boulevard in Palm Beach Gardens. Most of the damage was limited to trees and shrubbery (see pictures below) although some ] screens and the metal roof of a shopping center along U.S. The path length of this tornado was only about 1.5 miles and only about 70 yards wide. Winds in an F0 tornado are estimated from 40 to 72 mph. The first tornado occurred about 10 minutes after 5 PM EDT and caused scattered F0 or light damage in southeast Jupiter along U.S. Map of the approximate damage path of the Jupiter tornado Thursday, Augaround 510-515 PM EDTÄ«eginning at approximately 510 PM EDT on Thursday, August 7, 2003, and lasting for about a half hour, the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Miami has determined that it was most likely two separate tornadoes that caused damage in northeast Palm Beach County. ![]() Unusual Summer Tornadoes Strike Palm Beach County
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