Tornado in Hillsborough County, Florida

The area around the Tampa Port Authority and Progress Village suffered extensive damage from an EF1 tornado. Numerous roofs were blown off and 40 feet long storage containers were overturned around the Tampa Port Authority. There were 118 homes and businesses with minor damage in Progress Village, and 40 that sustained major damage. In addition, 245 homes are being assisted with tree damage in the Progress Village area.

A waterspout moved north from the northeast corner of Old Tampa Bay onshore to Highway 60 overturning a tractor semi-trailer. The tornado uprooted small trees on the east end of Pelican Island. Tile roofs, pool enclosures, and gazebos were damaged on several homes on Pelican Island Drive. The tornado continued north and did extensive roof damage to a large warehouse. An ornamental structure on Egypt Temple Shrine was torn off. Windows of 15 to 20 cars were blown out. Several mobile homes and a fence were blown over.

A tornado touched down on 10th Street and Martin Luther King Blvd and downed several trees and power lines. The tornado continued northeast across a residential area where it caused minor roof and garage damage and downed a few trees and power lines. A small warehouse incurred roof damage and a gazebo was picked up and destroyed by the tornadic wind near Giddens Street and 15th Avenue. A woman working in the damaged warehouse received neck and back injuries from the wind blown roof debris.The tornado crossed the intersection of Hillsborough Avenue and 17th Street where it blew down the sign of a Checker Hamburgers fast-food restaurant, damaged several dozen vehicles of an auto dealership and downed a large flag pole.The next touchdown occurred on 30th Street and Crawford where two ten inch diameter pine trees were snapped off twenty feet above ground level. The final touchdown occurred at a water treatment plant along the Hillsborough River where minor damage was reported.