Tornado in Osceola County, Florida

The deadliest tornado of the outbreak was a category F3 that touched down initially one mile south of Intercession City. The tornado moved northeast at 45 mph and ripped through the town of Kissimmee killing 25 people. The hardest hit areas were the Morningside Acres mobile home community and the Ponderosa Recreational Vehicle Park. In all eight people were killed in recreational vehicles, fifteen in mobile homes and one in an automobile. The tornado continued northeast and moved into Orange County six miles north of St. Cloud. One hundred and fifty people were injured and over 1000 structures were damaged or destroyed.

A small F1 tornado touched down about two miles north of Highway 192 along Highway 532 near Lake Lizzie. The tornado produced a long swath of damage through a wooded area. A house was destroyed when it was hit by a falling tree. Two horses were killed.

Based on KMLB dual-polarimetric radar, the tornado began nearly 5.5 miles northeast of Kenansville and remained on the ground as it moved north over unpopulated portions of Osceola County. The tornado intersected portions of the Deseret and Escondido ranches where numerous pine and oak trees were both snapped and uprooted. Additionally, a well-constructed barn on the Escondido Ranch was destroyed. Based on radar data, the tornado likely peaked in intensity as it was moving through this area with peak winds of up to 100 mph. ||An additional report of the tornado came from a public video along US-192 some 5.5 miles east of Holopaw at around 3:53 PM. At this location, a rain-wrapped tornado can be seen crossing the highway. In this video, limbs were seen falling from the trees and lightweight debris was seen flying through the air. Based on this limited accounting, the tornado had likely weakened to an EF-0 with peak winds of 60 to 65 mph. Radar analysis indicates the tornado curved westward north of US-192 before dissipating north of Holopaw.