3 landspout tornadoes identified in Lee County from storms on Sunday

LEE COUNTY, Fla. —

The National Weather Service has identified three EF0 landspout tornadoes in Lee County, two in Fort Myers and one in Cape Coral, from Sunday's storms.

According to the NWS, the first one was observed east of US-41 and north of Woodland Boulevard at 3:17 p.m. after they say someone submitted video of a rotating cloud base and funnel near Wawa and Culver's. The person also told NWS they saw a ground circulation with surface and lofted dust with small debris.

The second landspout formed around 3:25 p.m. and caused damage first in the Tanglewood area where a large tree had multiple branches snapped, NWS said. In addition, branches and limbs were snapped at multiple locations across Cumberland and Woodwind Courts, and a home near Tanglewood Parkway had a large tree uprooted.

More video footage submitted to NWS showed lawn furniture and yard decor scattered as well as fence and roof damage. A video from a resident on Westminster Drive showed debris airborne and indications of ground circulation at 3:28 p.m.

Eventually, the landspout crossed the Caloosahatchee River on the Midpoint Bridge around 3:30 p.m. before dissipating around 3:31 p.m., NWS said.

A third landspout tornado formed over Cape Coral near Southwest 28th Street around 3:35 p.m., NWS said. Videos taken by residents along Southwest 4th Avenue and Southwest 5th Avenue showed circulation, a pickup truck impacted and the funnel of the landspout behind a home.

On Southwest 26th Terrace, a video showed the circulation blowing lawn chairs around, moving debris and knocking over and blowing fencing in the backyard on the other side of the canal, NWS said.

According to the NWS, additional reports and photos showed fence and roof damage as the circulation neared the intersection of Skyline Boulevard and Veterans Parkway before it was estimated to have dissipated around 3:38 p.m.

EF0 tornadoes are classified as 65 to 85 mph by the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

These are preliminary results, according to the NWS.

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