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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
617 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026 /517 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2026/
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 5/25/26 TORNADO EVENT
VILLA TASSO TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.31 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/25/2026
START TIME: 04:07 PM CDT
START LOCATION: VILLA TASSO / / FL
START LAT/LON: 30.458 / -86.3872
END DATE: 05/25/2026
END TIME: 04:10 PM CDT
END LOCATION: VILLA TASSO / WALTON COUNTY / FL
END LAT/LON: 30.4626 / -86.3869
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO MOVED ASHORE FROM THE CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY INTO THE SMALL
VILLAGE OF VILLA TASSO. THE TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED MANY
HARDWOOD TREES, PRIMARILY ON YACHT CLUB DRIVE, ROBERT AVENUE,
MAGNOLIA STREET AND VIRGINIA COURT. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS LARGELY
DUE TO FALLEN TREES. HOWEVER, ONE HOME ON HAL STREET SUFFERED
DAMAGE TO ABOUT 40% OF ITS ROOF. THE TORNADO CAUSED TWO TREES TO
FALL ON A CAR AT THE INTERSECTION OF DEFUNIAK STREET AND CR
20 BEFORE LIFTING. DAMAGE ALONG MOST OF THE PATH WAS CONSISTENT
WITH EF-1 DAMAGE WITH MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AT 105 MPH.
HOUSTON-HENRY COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 11.15 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/25/2026
START TIME: 07:20 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 WNW COWARTS / HOUSTON COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 31.2032 / -85.3187
END DATE: 05/25/2026
END TIME: 07:49 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 E HEADLAND MUNICIPAL A/P / HENRY COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 31.3584 / -85.2706
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH OF U.S. 84 NEAR
COWARTS IN HOUSTON COUNTY, DAMAGING TREES AND OUTBUILDINGS. A
POOL SCREEN WAS DAMAGED AT A HOME ALONG OMUSSEE ROAD, WITH
ADDITIONAL TREE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO HOMES. THE TORNADO DAMAGED
THE WDHN TELEVISION STATION AS IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 52, BREAKING
WINDOWS AND DAMAGING THE ROOF. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTH-
NORTHEAST DOWNING TREES AND CAUSING MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
BEFORE MOVING INTO HENRY COUNTY AT COUNTY ROAD 22 AND BUCKHEAD
DRIVE. THE MOST SEVERE DAMAGE WAS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 15 WHERE TWO
HOMES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGE. ONE HOME WAS DESTROYED. THIS HOME
SEPARATED FROM THE CONCRETE FOUNDATION, SLID, AND THEN COLLAPSED.
ASSESSMENT IS ONGOING REGARDING THE RATING AT THIS LOCATION. ALL
OTHER DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH AN EF1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS
OF APPROXIMATELY 105 MPH.
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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