Severe Weather Brings Busy End to April. 4/19-4/29, 2020

Summary: A tornado touched down in Ozark, then tracked southeast before moving eastward into Henry County. Track is continuous. Tornado varied in width. At times damage track was about 50 yards. Most of the time damage track was around 150 yards. The tornado held EF-1 strength throughout most of the track. There was a few spots where it was weaker as an EF-0.

Summary: Tornado touched down just west of County Road 15 in Henry County, Alabama. The tornado continued northeast through the town of Tumbleton, damaging several single family homes. The tornado destroyed a double wide mobile home northeast of Tumbleton, leading to one fatality. The peak damage was noted from Tumbleton to the mobile home, with winds estimated at 125 mph. The tornado continued northeast, damaging another single family home and outbuildings. The tornado lifted near County Road 53. Special thanks to Henry County Emergency Management and the Henry County Sheriff's Office for providing damage information and aerial imagery.

Summary: Tornado touched down along Camp Springs Road, near County Road 131. A single family home was damaged and an automotive shop was destroyed at County Road 121. The tornado continued northeast, causing scattered tree damage before lifting near County Road 53 after damaging an additional structure.

Summary: A tornado touched down in northwest Houston County on Bob Hall Road, just south of Ariel Lane and southwest of Dothan. Here it damaged the roof of a home and tore a portion of the roof off of a storage facility. It tracked southeast and damaged the roof of approximately eight homes in a neighborhood along Nottingham Way. The tornado continued to the southeast and downed trees along Harrington Lane where it quickly lifted.  

Summary: This brief tornado touched down near Roaring Creek and damaged some trees near the intersection of County Routes 38 and 52 before lifting. Damage was consistent with EF-0.

Summary: The 4th and final Henry County tornado touched down just west of County Road 99 south of County Road 66 and then tracked eastward, lifting just east of County Road 95. Damage was primarily confined to snapped trees and consistent with EF-1 damage. There was some damage to the roof of a double-wide manufactured home on Field Road.

Summary: Tornado touched down just west of the Mitchell/Worth County line along South County Line Road, damaging a mobile home. The tornado continued northeast, impacting several single family homes along Highway 112 and York Road. Damage to a home on York Road was consistent with an EF2 tornado wind peak winds around 120mph. The tornado lift shortly after crossing York Road, with no additional damage noted.

Summary: A downburst began just east of the Choctawhatchee River along Route 179 near Izagora Drive in Bonifay Florida with an initial width of around 2.3 miles or around 4,000 yards. The downburst ended near Route 173 near Steverson Road in Bonifay Florida with a final width of around 4.2 miles or around 7,400 yards. Along the path of the downburst, there was sporadic damage to hard and softwood trees, many of which were uprooted and pointing in an easterly direction. The greatest damage was concentrated along Route 79 north of Williams Road, where several trees were uprooted and snapped. The downburst affected an area around 13.4 miles long and up to 4.2 miles wide with with straight line wind speeds up to 75 mph.

Summary:This tornado touched down near Welch St. NW on the west side of Pelham, GA. Damage was mainly confined to snapped or uprooted trees. However, the tornado did remove a large percentage of metal roofing at an auto service building on Curry Street. It also flipped a van at this location. Several trees were uprooted or snapped on Green St. before the tornado damaged a metal awning at a warehouse on U.S. 19 just south of Green St. East. The tornado continued southeast from there, causing some damage to an outbuilding and the roof of a home on Harmony Road before lifting. The damage was consistent with an EF-1 rating. Many other locations within Pelham were damaged by straight-line winds estimated to be around 80 mph.

Summary: This long-track tornado was produced by the same thunderstorm that spawned a tornado in upstream Pelham, GA. The tornado touched down south of Moultrie, GA just west of U.S. 319 and produced damage consistent with EF-1 winds through most of its long track. Most of the damage was in the form of snapped or uprooted trees. As the tornado crossed GA route 133, it caused significant damage to a warehouse at the Farmer s Gin and Peanut Company. The tornado reached its maximum intensity of 110 mph, which is just shy of EF-2, at the east end of Pike Creek Turf Circle. Here it snapped many large pine trees at their base. The tornado caused some minor roof damage to a home on McConnell Bridge Road before flipping a small plane upside down at the Cook County Airport. The tornado crossed I-75 at the Adel, GA exit damaging several billboards and tall signs. In downtown Adel, the tornado ripped off large sections of two warehouses on 3rd Street belonging to the Adel Ice Company. Many trees were toppled onto homes in the vicinity of East 9th and 10th Streets. Winds were estimated to be 95-100 mph in Adel. The tornado continued eastward snapping a few trees on GA Highway 37 East and in the Indian Creek Road subdivision. The tornado then snapped trees on Register Road and significantly damaged a large shed before lifting.It should be noted that a large swath of straight-line wind damage occurred to the south of the tornado track along much of its length from the Langdale Parkway in Colquitt County through Cecil, GA and eastward into northwestern Lanier County. These winds were estimated to be 90-95 mph in Cecil..

Summary: A weak tornado touched down just east of Powell Road in extreme eastern Lanier County. It caused minor tree damage there and also over on East Highway 122 just east of the county line. The tornado then continued into Clinch County.

Summary: Tree damage was first noted along Bob Sikes Rd. just west of Hwy 331. The tornado then crossed Hwy 331 knocking down a few business signs and trees as well as blowing in four windows of a series of businesses at a strip mall. A large retail business also had part of it`s roof peeled back and a couple HVAC units blown off.The tornado continued east northeast with points surveyed along Bay Ave southeast of DeFuniak Springs as well as County Rd 183 south of Argyle. Trees and large limbs were downed at both locations.The location south of Argyle was the last portion of the track able to be surveyed as the track then went into inaccessible portions of Holmes County south of HWY 90. Radar was used to extend the track a few more miles into Holmes county. The tornado lifted before reaching Ponce De Leon or Highway 81.

Summary: A brief touchdown occurred along Bethel Road where multiple trees were uprooted. Tornadic damage was also noted around 2.5 miles east along Douglas Ferry Road. Much of the area between these two points was inaccessible for a ground survey but radar suggests a continuous path. It`s possible this path could be extended,or additional tornado segments be added, in Washington County. This will be based on further review of radar data and any updated aerial imagery that becomes available

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Summary: Initial damage was noted near the intersection of Owen Place and Piney Grove Roads. From the touchdown point, damage, consisting of hundreds of snapped and uprooted trees, was continuous right to the Jackson County border along Corbin Rd. The tornado intensified as it moved across Jackson County. In addition to downing many hundreds of trees there was significant structural damage at two locations. The first was at a farm off Farren Ranch Road where a two story outbuilding/home was completely destroyed with debris thrown several hundred yards. The second was along Bethlehem Rd. south of Kynesville Rd. where several mobile homes suffered significant damage. One of the mobile homes was completely destroyed with it`s frame wrapped into a tree. Fortunately the mobile home was vacant at the time.

Summary: Tornado moved onshore in along Panama City Beach just west of Lower Grand Lagoon. Only minor damage was reported in Panama City Beach. The tornado cross St. Andrew Bay and impacted the area around the marina in downtown Panama City. Several unsecured construction trailers were destroyed along with a camper trailer. The tornado continued moving east through the Cove neighborhood before dissipating just east of the North Tyndall Parkway. Reports from Bay County EMA, along with media reports from WMBB and WJHG were used to analyze this tornado.

Summary: No significant damage reported. Track based radar and video from social media (via WMBB). Video showed debris being lofted by tornado and power flashes from power lines. Tree damage was minimal, consisting of down limbs, mainly in the vicinity of the playground at Southport Elementary School.

Summary: A tornado touched down just south of North Monroe Street and moved east into a neighborhood where there was widespread limb and tree damage. It likely then crossed over the lake and impacted Elinor Klapp Phipps park where snapped tree trunks were observed. It produced some of the most widespread tree damage, including snapped trucks, near Ox Bottom Road before crossing Thomasville Road. It moved northeast through Killearn Estates and Killearn Acres with additional widespread tree and limb damage and a few spots of snapped and uprooted trees. The last significant damage was additional snapped trees on Bradfordville Road. Additional tree damage was sporadic to the east of here as is likely outflow as the tornado lifted. The highest damage was rated 95 MPH due to snapped trees but the majority of the damage was EF0 type tree damage.

Summary: A tornado touched down just north of Wakulla Springs State Park. The tornado crossed CR 363 , Woodville Highway, just south of Savannah Road, before lifting just east of Early Bird Trail. Damage was primarily snapped and uprooted trees, but at least one tree fell on a home.

Summary: A tornadic water spout came ashore into Keaton Beach and severely damaged a boat rental facility pulling concrete pilings out of the ground. The tornado lifted shortly after that.

Summary: The tornado touched down northeast of Gretna, FL in a field south of M&M Lane and moved northeast through a community with the final piece of damage being seen on Bainbridge highway. The majority of the damage was uprooted and snapped trees as well as some siding, roof and undercarriage damage on manufactured homes. The areas to the northeast and southwest were extensively surveyed but no additional damage was found.