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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
710 PM CDT THU APR 11 2024
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/10/24 FLORIDA PANHANDLE TORNADO EVENT
BELLVIEW TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.20 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/10/2024
START TIME: 01:33 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 N BELLVIEW / ESCAMBIA COUNTY / FL
START LAT/LON: 30.4827 / -87.3076
END DATE: 04/10/2024
END TIME: 01:36 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 SSW ENSLEY / ESCAMBIA COUNTY / FL
END LAT/LON: 30.5022 / -87.2794
SURVEY SUMMARY:
TORNADO BEGAN ALONG PINE FOREST RD AND QUICKLY TRACKED NORTHEAST
TOWARDS HILLCREST AVE. NUMEROUS VERY LARGE GENERATIONAL LIVE OAKS
WERE UPROOTED WITH A COUPLE SNAPPED TRUNKS. ONE OF THE LIVE OAKS
FELL ON A HOME CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE HOME, BUT NO
INJURIES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST WITH A CLEAR
CONVERGENCE TRACK AND SEVERAL MORE UPROOTED HARDWOODS. THREE
MOBILE HOMES WERE CRUSHED BY UPROOTED TREES ALONG CYCLE DRIVE
BEFORE THE TORNADO PASSED OVER PINE FORREST HIGH SCHOOL.THE
TORNADO MAY HAVE BEEN INTERMITTENT AND DISCONTINUOUS DURING THIS
PATH BEFORE DAMAGE WAS FOUND NEAR KYLE DR. AND ROLLING HILLS RD
WHERE NUMEROUS HARD AND SOFTWOODS WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED
INCLUDING SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT HARDWOOD SNAPS. THIS IS WHERE THE
HIGHEST DAMAGE OCCURRED BEFORE TRAVELING AND DISSIPATING SOMEWHERE
NEAR I10.
PACE TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.14 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/10/2024
START TIME: 01:48 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 NNW MULAT / SANTA ROSA COUNTY / FL
START LAT/LON: 30.5731 / -87.1285
END DATE: 04/10/2024
END TIME: 01:50 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 SSE PEA RIDGE / SANTA ROSA COUNTY / FL
END LAT/LON: 30.5809 / -87.1117
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO BEGAN JUST SOUTHWEST OF STERLING WAY NEAR ESCAMBIA
BAY. THE TORNADO QUICKLY INTENSIFIED AS IT APPROACHED PEACH DR.
WHERE NUMEROUS HOMES SUFFERED SHINGLE DAMAGE. A VERY LARGE OAK
TREE WAS SNAPPED WITH SEVERAL OTHER LARGE HARDWOOD BRANCHES
SNAPPED. NUMEROUS HOMES LOST FENCES AND AS A RESULT THE TORNADO
WAS RATED AT ITS PEAK INTENSITY HERE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
NORTHEAST ACROSS PEACH DR TOWARDS RED CEDAR RD. NUMEROUS HOMES
SUFFERED SHINGLE DAMAGE, LARGE BRANCHES REMOVED FROM TREES AND
FENCING DAMAGE. A SMALL METAL SHED WAS LIFTED AND DEPOSITED ON
RED CEDAR LANE AND ANOTHER HOUSE HAD MULTIPLE 2X4S SHOT INTO THE
SIDE OF THE HOUSE. A VERY SMALL BUT NOTICEABLE CONVERGENT PATH WAS
LOCATED HERE. THE TORNADO THEN RAPIDLY WEAKENED AS IT APPROACHED
BELL LANE WHERE SOME SMALLER BRANCHES WERE SNAPPED.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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