Power Outage in Port Charlotte, FL

A county emergency management damage survey found a 0.2 mile wide damage path that extended for 4 miles, with all the damage blown down in the same direction, to the north northwest. Several trees were uprooted and power poles knocked down. A mobile home sustained minor roof damage, and the roof of a shed was blown 150 feet away. A central pivot irrigation rig was also twisted and damaged by the wind.

A brief tornado touchdown was reported by law enforcement in the Deep Creek subdivision. The tornado caused minor damage to trees, power lines, and vehicles.

A single rotating thunderstorm moved north through Charlotte Harbor and spawned a brief tornado in the city of Charlotte Harbor. Damage consisted mostly of downed trees and power lines. However, a gas station awning was blown down and a roof was damaged at a blood bank under construction. The damage was limited to areas where Kingsway, Edgewater, and Harborview cross U.S. Highway 41.

The tornado started out as a waterspout over Charlotte Bay and moved onshore. Damage survey showed tornado was in an area of mostly vacant lots with numerous dead pine trees killed by previous wild fire. Numerous trees were down and a number of nearby power lines were broken or shorted out by airborne debris, but the closest home was outside the area of tornadic wind and no structure damage was reported.

The public reported, through Charlotte county emergency management, that a small waterspout moved onshore and downed two power poles and toppled a large tree onto the roof of a home, along the 4500 block of Melbourne Street in Charlotte Harbor, before it lifted and dissipated.

Charlotte county emergency management reported that thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees, large branches and power lines in Port Charlotte.

A fast moving tornado, associated with an outer rainband of Hurricane Gordon, briefly touched down near the Port Charlotte Yacht Club and Public Beach near Harbor Boulevard in Port Charlotte. The tornado continued to sporadically touch down along a narrow path as it moved rapidly north northwest across Charlotte county. The tornado damaged the roofs of a few homes, a couple of carports and downed a few trees, power lines and large branches before it crossed into Sarasota County.

The Charlotte County Emergency Management reported that thunderstorm winds downed several large trees, downed numerous large branches and power lines across the county.

Thunderstorm wind gusts caused minor roof and siding damage to several homes in the Riverside Drive and Cleveland areas. The winds also downed several tree limbs that downed power lines.