Tornado Reports
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| 20:02Z | EF0 | KEVX | FL | Bay | Gulf Resort Beach | A brief EF0 tornado came onshore just west of Pier Park shortly after 2pm CT on February 15th. Minor damage to structures near the beach was noted, along with damage to poles, bleachers, and fencing at Frank Brown Park before the tornado dissipated. The tornado is estimated to have had peak winds around 85 mph and less than 50 yards wide. Additional damage to the east of the path was likely due to damaging straight line winds from the rear flank downdraft of the parent supercell. Winds in this area may have been as high as 80 mph. |
| 20:39Z | EF0 | KEVX | FL | Washington | Gilberts Mill | A tornado briefly touched down near Wheeler Lane and tracked north-northeast for a short distance before lifting. On the Wheeler Farm property, an outbuilding was pulled from its anchorage and lofted about 20 yards. It has been anchored by wooden poles in concrete, although the concrete was shallow. Nearby outbuildings were not damaged. A few pine trees along the driveway of the property were snapped. Further north on Wheeler lane, a double wide manufactured home has some roof damage. Other trees were uprooted on Pineoaks Lane and Akers Trail. The damage was consistent with a high end EF0 with max estimated winds around 85 mph. |
| 21:17Z | EF0 | KVAX | FL | Columbia | Winfield | A tornadic storm developed in a discrete supercell in advance of an approaching cold front and south of a lifting warm front. The tornado impacted areas east of Lake Wilson. Sporadic wind damage including damaged trees, fences, roofs and some other residential home damage occurred. Tree debris was strewn throughout the tornado path. Roof damage included that done to tile roofs near High Point Drive. A fence panel was blown about 750 ft from its original location. |
| 21:29Z | EF0 | KTLH | GA | Seminole | Desser | A brief dual-pol tornadic debris signature was observed from KTLH radar with trees also blown down in the area. This area is rural with no structural damage reported. |
| 21:38Z | EF2 | KEOX | GA | Early | Damascus | A tornado touched down just west of Highway 45 south of Damascus in Early County, Georgia. Along Highway 45 the tornado snapped a few trees and damaged the roofs of a couple of houses. The tornado crossed the highway moving northeast and reached peak intensity as it hit homes along Killebrew Rd. Two homes and a detached garage along Killebrew Rd were destroyed down to their foundations, which were not anchored. One home was constructed of concrete block which collapsed. The other home was constructed of wood with a concrete block foundation. The 5 injuries noted came from these two homes. A truck was tossed from the detached garage and onto the homes. Several trees were uprooted and snapped, with other cars sustaining heavy damage. A large tree was uprooted behind the homes and thrown about 100 yards into the front yard. Two instances were noted of small metal pole projectiles lodged into trees. Another house nearby sustained heavy damage to the roof and had portions of the exterior walls fail. A propane gas tank was dislodged and moved at this location as well. Powerlines were knocked down and most trees were snapped or uprooted along this section of the path. After the tornado crossed Killebrew Rd, it headed northeast and appeared to weaken. Trees snapped and uprooted were observed along the rest of the track along Po Boy Lane, Pullen Rd, GA Highway 200, Big Pond Rd, County Rd 3, Billy Newberry Rd, County Rd 119, Patmos Milford Hwy, and Julia Jones Rd. Damage sustained in these areas were mostly tree damage along with a couple instances of minor roof damage. The tornado lifted in Baker County after crossing Julia Jones Rd. The tornado was rated as a high end EF2 with max estimated winds around 130 mph. |
| 04:34Z | EF3 | KLTX | NC | Brunswick | Grissettown | The tornado touched down near the intersection of Old Georgetown Road SW and Angel Trace Road as an EF-0, where a couple of pine trees were snapped and several large limbs were broken. It moved to the northeast across a forest, then rapidly intensified to an EF-2 as it approached Hwy 904. A large portion of a roof was blown off a metal building on the west side of 904, several RVs were rolled over, and several large pine trees were snapped. The tornado crossed Hwy 904, snapped numerous trees and caused moderate damage to a large metal building and church.||The tornado entered the Ocean Ridge Plantation neighborhood with wind speeds up to 125 mph. Hundreds of trees were snapped, and many homes sustained minor to moderate damage. It crossed Rosebury Court SW, then strengthened to its maximum intensity of 160 mph (EF-3), as it approached Cambria Court SW. Two homes were completely destroyed in this area, and several more sustained moderate to major damage. The tornado reached its maximum path width of 275 yards as it moved across Windsor Circle, although maximum winds decreased to 115 mph (EF2). Many homes sustained moderate to major damage, hundreds of large trees were snapped, and one automobile was observed rolled on its side.||It crossed Hwy 17 as an EF-1, then re-intensified to an EF-2, causing major damage to several homes and snapping hundreds of trees along Green Bay Road NW and Old Shallote Road NW. The tornado continued to produce a near continuous path of tree damage through forest and swamp land, across Hwy 130 and Highway 211, confirmed by helicopter overflight. The tornado lifted approximately three miles east of highway 211 after passing west of the Bear Pen Airstrip. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).