Tornadicane Jose

Tropical Storm Jose was an unusual Atlantic tropical cyclone that developed a mesocyclone at its core. This mesocyclone periodically produced strong tornadoes at its core, and was responsible for creating the most powerful tornado spawned from a tropical cyclone. The tenth named storm of the 2029 Atlantic hurricane season, Jose impacted the state of Florida with heavy rains and severe thunderstorms. Its remnants were responsible for a tornado outbreak in Alabama in early November.

Meteorological History
On November 2nd, Tropical Depression Twelve formed from a weak tropical wave north of Hispaniola in the Atlantic Ocean. It quickly strengthened to become Tropical Storm Jose at 22:00 UTC. On November 3rd, a mesoscale convective system interacted with the storm and was later absorbed by it. This caused Jose to intensify and develop a mesocyclone in its core. Later that day, the Hurricane Hunters reported two strong, tornadic waterspouts in Jose's core. The larger of which was equivalent to an EF2 tornado.

Jose tracked swiftly northwest across the Atlantic Ocean. On November 4th, Jose reached peak intensity with wind speeds of 50 mph (85 km/h). At 20:00 EST, Jose made landfall in Jupiter, FL as a 45 mph (75 km/h) tropical storm. Heavy rain and severe thunderstorms. While only a tropical storm, Jose spawned 57 tornadoes. While most of the tornadoes were weak, rated EF0 and EF1, there were a handful of stronger, significant tornadoes. The most notable tornado spawned from Jose was an EF4 tornado based on damage assessments. However, the tornado was confirmed to have produced wind speeds equivalent to that of an EF5 tornado at 220 mph (355 km/h) on the Enhanced Fujita scale. Because of the large amounts of damage caused by these tornadoes, the media dubbed the storm as "Toricane Jose". Tornadoes caused at least $1.9 billion (2029 USD) in damages. Jose was confirmed to have caused at least 28 fatalities from tornadoes and flooding.

While Jose weakened gradually over land, becoming an extratropical cyclone on November 6th, its remnants produced a widespread tornado outbreak in Alabama. The most intense tornado of this outbreak was a strong EF3 tornado measured to be 1.6 miles in diameter. Jose's remnants caused an estimated $400 million in damages, although no fatalities were reported. The remnants of Jose continued northwest until they finally dissipated on November 7th.