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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
645 PM EST MON JAN 26 2026 /545 PM CST MON JAN 26 2026/
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 01/25/26 TORNADO EVENT
WALTON COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.09 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 800 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 01/25/2026
START TIME: 01:23 PM CST
START LOCATION: 2 SSE LIBERTY / WALTON COUNTY / FL
START LAT/LON: 30.7907 / -86.2036
END DATE: 01/25/2026
END TIME: 01:25 PM CST
END LOCATION: 3 SE LIBERTY / WALTON COUNTY / FL
END LAT/LON: 30.7905 / -86.1853
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN WALTON COUNTY JUST WEST OF KINGS LAKE
ROAD AND TRAVELED EAST THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG AND JUST
NORTH OF PARADISE ISLAND DRIVE. THE TORNADO THEN PRESUMABLY
CROSSED THE NORTHERN PORTION OF KINGS LAKE CAUSING MORE TREE
DAMAGE TO THE EAST OF THE LAKE. ALONG MOST OF THE PATH, EF-
0 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. HOWEVER, NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE PATCH
TWO LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED AND RATED EF-1. NEAR THE END OF THE
PATH, THE TORNADO CAUSED SIGNIFICANT REMOVAL OF THE ROOFING
MATERIAL OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THE PORCH WAS ALSO BADLY
DAMAGED. WINDS HERE WERE ESTIMATED AT 95 MPH, THE HIGHEST FOUND
IN THIS SURVEY. THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED QUICKLY AS THERE WAS NO
DAMAGE EAST OF U.S 331 WHICH IS A SWAMPY INACCESSIBLE AREA.
GENEVA COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.66 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 900 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 01/25/2026
START TIME: 01:29 PM CST
START LOCATION: GENEVA / GENEVA COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 31.0369 / -85.8784
END DATE: 01/25/2026
END TIME: 01:33 PM CST
END LOCATION: 2 E EUNOLA / GENEVA COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 31.0352 / -85.8175
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN A WESTERN GENEVA NEIGHBORHOOD CAUSING
MAINLY EF-1 DAMAGE BETWEEN CAMPBELL AND MAGNOLIA AVENUES. EF-
2 DAMAGE OCCURRED DOWNTOWN ON COMMERCE ST. WHERE ROOFING MATERIAL
WAS PEELED OFF THREE ADJACENT LOW-RISE BUILDINGS. AFTER CROSSING
A SWAMPY AREA, A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SNAPPED TREES WERE
OBSERVED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SR 52 BRIDGE OVER THE
CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST CAUSING SPORADIC
DAMAGE ON MCDOUGALD ST. IN EUNOLA, SPRING CREEK ROAD, AND EAST CR
4 BEFORE LIFTING NEAR SPRING CREEK ITSELF. BOTH EF-2 AREAS HAD
MAXIMUM WINDS OF 115 MPH.
NORTHEAST HOUSTON COUNTY
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 88 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 8.80 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 01/25/2026
START TIME: 01:52 PM CST
START LOCATION: 1 WSW PLEASANT PLAINS / HOUSTON COUNTY / AL
START LAT/LON: 31.3001 / -85.2439
END DATE: 01/25/2026
END TIME: 02:09 PM CST
END LOCATION: 1 ESE COLUMBIA / HOUSTON COUNTY / AL
END LAT/LON: 31.2839 / -85.0995
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN WEST OF CENTER CHURCH ROAD WHERE IT SNAPPED
LARGE HARDWOOD TREE BRANCHES AND REMOVED SEVERAL SHINGLES OFF OF
A MANUFACTURED HOME. IT CONTINUED TO PUSH EAST-SOUTHEAST TO BILL
YANCE ROAD WHERE IT SNAPPED A FEW SOFTWOOD TREE TRUNKS. IT THEN
CROSSED HIGHWAY 52 WHERE IT CONTINUED TO SNAP LARGE SOFTWOOD TREE
BRANCHES AND SLIGHTLY BENT A STREET SIGN JUST OFF OF HIGHWAY 52.
AS IT CONTINUED TO MOVE EASTWARD TO ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 95, IT
CONTINUED TO SNAP SOFTWOOD TREE LIMBS. THEREAFTER, THE TORNADO
PUSHED EAST SOUTHEAST TO ACROSS RIVER ROAD WHERE IT PARTIALLY
COLLAPSED A TIN RV CAR PORT AND SNAPPED A FEW SOFTWARE TREE
TRUNKS, BEFORE LIFTING JUST BEFORE THE GEORGIA STATE LINE. DAMAGE
WAS CONSISTENT WITH AN EF1 TORNADO WITH WINDS OF APPROXIMATELY
88MPH.
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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