2/15/2016 Tornado Event

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR THE 2/15/16 TORNADO EVENT...


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.CENTURY FLORIDA TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    152 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 16.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   300 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               3

START DATE:             FEB 15 2016
START TIME:             332 PM CST
START LOCATION:         3.4 MILES WEST OF MCDAVID / ESCAMBIA / FL
START LAT/LON:          30.8707 / -87.3810

END DATE:               FEB 15 2016
END TIME:               355 PM CST
END LOCATION:           1.2 MILES NORTHWEST OF POLLARD / ESCAMBIA / AL
END_LAT/LON:            31.0401 / -87.1863

THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN SOUTHWEST OF LAMBERT-RIDGE ROAD SOUTHWEST
OF MCDAVID. THE TORNADO GRADUALLY INCREASED IN STRENGTH AND WIDTH AS IT
CONTINUED NORTHEAST TOWARD CENTURY. THE FIRST EF-2 INTENSITY DAMAGE NOTED
WAS ON HOLLAND DRIVE WHERE A WORKSHOP WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE TORNADO
REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY (WIDESPREAD EF-2 DAMAGE WITH ISOLATED EF-3 DAMAGE)
AS IT MOVED INTO CENTURY. NUMEROUS HOMES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
A COUPLE OF HOMES EXPERIENCED COMPLETE LOSS OF THE ROOF WITH ONLY THE WALLS
OF SMALL INTERIOR ROOMS REMAINING. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK NORTHEAST
OUT OF CENTURY AND ACROSS THE FLORIDA ALABAMA STATE LINE. EF-2 INTENSITY
DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON OLD FANNIE ROAD EAST OF FLOMATON. THE TORNADO CONTINUE
NORTHEAST TOWARD POLLARD WHERE IT WEAKENED AND LIFTED. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE
WITH NUMEROUS SOFTWOOD AND HARDWOOD TREES EITHER UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.
SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE ALSO SNAPPED. DAMAGE WAS ALSO NOTED ON THE
PERIPHERY OF THE TORNADO DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS PRODUCED FROM THE
REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT.


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.JOHNSONVILLE ALABAMA TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    112 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   250 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             FEB 15 2016
START TIME:             433 PM CST
START LOCATION:         2.1 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JOHNSONVILLE / CONECUH / ALABAMA
START LAT/LON:          31.2724 / -86.8483

END DATE:               FEB 15 2016
END TIME:               437 PM CST
END LOCATION:           3.6 MILES EAST OF JOHNSONVILLE / CONECUH / ALABAMA
END_LAT/LON:            31.2932 / -86.8204

SURVEY SUMMARY: THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 6 AND QUICKLY
STRENGTHENED AS IT CROSSED THE ROAD. THE TORNADO PRODUCED EF-2 INTENSITY
DAMAGE AT THE JOHNSONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WHICH WAS COMPLETELY
DESTROYED. SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN THE AREA AND A WELL BUILT
HOME SUFFERED EXTENSIVE ROOF DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST
TOWARD THE JOHNSONVILLE CIRCLE AREA WHERE A FEW HOMES SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE.
A SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME ON JOHNSONVILLE CIRCLE WHICH WAS NOT ANCHORED WAS
DESTROYED. DAMAGE IN THIS AREA WAS CONSISTENT WITH EF-1 INTENSITY. THE
TORNADO LIFTED IN THE WOODS JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE END OF CLINTON
DRIVE.


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.RED LEVEL ALABAMA TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               1

START DATE:             FEB 15 2016
START TIME:             5 PM CST
START LOCATION:         3.75 MILES NNW OF RED LEVEL / COVINGTON / ALABAMA
START LAT/LON:          31.4574 / -86.6181

END DATE:               FEB 15 2016
END TIME:               502 PM CST
END LOCATION:           7.6 MILES NORTH OF RED LEVEL / COVINGTON / ALABAMA
END_LAT/LON:            31.5136 / -86.5786

SURVEY SUMMARY: THE TORNADO FIRST PRODUCED SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE ON LLOYD
MILL ROAD. THE TORNADO REACHED PEAK INTENSITY OF EF-1 STRENGTH WHEN IT
MOVED ACROSS SWINSON ROAD AND DESTROYED A SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME.
ONE PERSON IN THE HOME SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
NORTHEAST AND PRODUCED FURTHER SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE
TO A FEW RESIDENCES. IT LIFTED AND DISSIPATED ON BOYKIN ROAD JUST SOUTH OF
THE BUTLER COUNTY LINE.

.PENSACOLA FLORIDA...

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FINDS STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IN PENSACOLA FLORIDA
FROM THE FEBRUARY 15TH SEVERE STORMS...

A NWS SURVEY FOUND THAT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WERE THE CAUSE OF THE DAMAGE IN
THE PENSACOLA METRO AREA SHORTLY BEFORE 6 PM ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 15TH. WINDS
WERE ESTIMATED AS HIGH AS 80 MPH...PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF 9TH AVENUE
AND CREIGHTON ROAD.

FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>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.